Shown are (from right to left) interviewer Mike Sullivan; authors Kenneth Farries and Martin Mason, and the publisher of 'Windmills of Surrey and Inner London', Charles Skilton. The cameraman, E. Bloomfield (far left) filmed the interview for the BBC News programme, "Town and Around".
The letter from Bradbury thanks Short for his account of Windmills in Lambeth. Bradbury emphasises the importance of Ashby's Mill in Brixton, explaining that it is the only surviving Mill in Lambeth.
In this letter Cook explains to Short that he conducted an excavation at the site of the Upper Mill in Wandsworth, London. Cook emphasises that he found many articles of interest, including trace plans and wheel-designs by Smeaton. Cook also asks Short if he may use Short's library in order to help clear up some anomalies.