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Smock mill, Herne

REXW-24712
Item
No date

Part of Rex Wailes Collection

Amos and Amos, 12 Snargate Street, Dover
Postcard from J Russell to Wailes

Unknown publisher

John Russell on Reefing Stage

UNIO-01-53-01
Item
c 1950

Part of Union Windmill Cranbrook Collection

Wailes, Reginald (1901-1986), engineer, known as Rex

John Russell photographed by the Brake Wheel

UNIO-01-53-04
Item
c 1950

Part of Union Windmill Cranbrook Collection

Wailes, Reginald (1901-1986), engineer, known as Rex

John Russell

DUMC-003
Item
c 1950

Part of Drawings of Union Mill, Cranbrook

Not used in "The English Windmill" by Rex Wailes.

Lines, Vincent (1909-1968), artist

Union Mill, Cranbrook, Kent

REXW-IMG-04-080
Item
1920s

Part of Rex Wailes Collection

Photo by John Russell shows original wooden stage.

Russell, John (1888-1958), miller, millwright and engineer

Union Mill, Cranbrook, Kent

REXW-IMG-04-062
Item
December 1954

Part of Rex Wailes Collection

Photo by John Russell.

Russell, John (1888-1958), miller, millwright and engineer

Jack, Union Mill, Cranbrook

REXW-IMG-04-048
Item
12 May 1940

Part of Rex Wailes Collection

Noted on reverse: 'Formerly property of Mr William Warren, Hawkhurst: now in possession of Mr John Russell, Union Mills, Cranbrook, Kent.' Now in the Science Museum, South Kensington.

Simmons, Herbert Edward Sydney (1901-1973), mill researcher

Frank Reeves, foreman, Union Mill, Cranbrook

REXW-IMG-04-036
Item
No date

Part of Rex Wailes Collection

Photo by John Russell.

Russell, John (1888-1958), miller, millwright and engineer

Cranbrook Union Mill

REXW-IMG-04-032
Item
No date

Part of Rex Wailes Collection

Photo JR on reverse. (John Russell)

Russell, John (1888-1958), miller, millwright and engineer

Cranbrook Union Mill

REXW-IMG-04-030
Item
22 December 1952

Part of Rex Wailes Collection

Postcard sent with good wishes for Christmas to Rex Wailes from John Russell (JR).

R A (Postcards) Ltd

Union Mill changes to sails

UNIO-01-40-01
File
1920s

Part of Union Windmill Cranbrook Collection

Shows improvements made by Russell, John after inheriting the mill in 1919.

Unknown photographer

Photos and notes on Derbs, Leics and Notts windmills

REXW-PHJB-03
File
1900-1958

Part of Rex Wailes Collection

Substantial photographic, technical, and newspaper information on windmills in Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire. The material appears have been collated by P J H Baker and then passed to Rex Wailes. Photographs were taken by several people, including Rex Wailes, Sid Simmons, and Richard Neville.

Baker, Paul H J

Kent

REXW-MIL-02-16
File
1939 - 1964

Part of Rex Wailes Collection

Two estimates for repairs to Cranbrook Mill, 1939; Report on Willesborough Mill, 1964; Note from John Russell re Sutton Valence Windmill.

"Eastbourne St Johns Mill"

REXW-WIN-02-016
File
20 March 1949

Part of Rex Wailes Collection

Letter from John Russell regarding St John's Mill.

Rex Wailes - John Russell

REXW-17863
File
No date

Part of Rex Wailes Collection

The attached PDF contains a list of the letters from the SPAB, followed by transcripts of those from the CWA.

Life at Union Mill

UNIO-05-04
Item
April 2016

Part of Union Windmill Cranbrook Collection

Transcript of verbal recollections in 1994 by Helen Wilson, aged 80 years.

Burrows, Sandi

Life at Union Mill

UNIO-05-03
Item
8 September 1994

Part of Union Windmill Cranbrook Collection

Verbal recollections of Helen Wilson, aged 80 years. Duration c. 20 minutes

Wilson, Helen M (1913 -1998), nee West

The Russell family

UNIO-05-02
Item
April 2016

Part of Union Windmill Cranbrook Collection

Transcript of verbal recollections in 1994 of Helen Wilson, aged 80 years.

Burrows, Sandi

The Russell family

UNIO-05-01
Item
8 September 1994

Part of Union Windmill Cranbrook Collection

Verbal recollections of Helen Wilson, aged 80 years. Duration c. 20 minutes

Wilson, Helen M (1913 -1998), nee West

Family portrait, wife and children Caleb Oyler, Russell

UNIO-01-28-03
Item
c 1900

Part of Union Windmill Cranbrook Collection

Seated: Helen Suzanna Russell (nee Honess), Philip Russell ,Rhoda Elizabeth Russell. Standing: John Russell, Mary Kate Russell, Gwendolen Russell, Paul Russell.

Unknown photographer

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