- CUTT-01832
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- 12 March 1938
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Note in 'The Guardian' that, as well as the stump of a windmill in Brixton, a windmill with a full set of sails is preserved in Upminster.
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Part of Press Cuttings Collection
Note in 'The Guardian' that, as well as the stump of a windmill in Brixton, a windmill with a full set of sails is preserved in Upminster.
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Note in the 'Evening Standard' about the problems the heirs of Joshua Ashby, builder of the Brixton Hill windmill in 1816, now have finding someone to look after it in this post-War period.
"Brixton windmill to be preserved"
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Cutting from 'South London Press' saying that Miss Marshall had decided to preserve the old windmill on Brixton Hill which had been used as a store in recent years.
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Cutting from a Sussex local paper of unknown date, with a picture of the one-third-scale model post mill which Rodney de Little (16) of Hassocks has just finished constructing at his home at Broadhill Farm.
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Article in the Brighton 'Evening Argus' about young Rodney de Little, of Broadhill Farm, Hassocks, who has constructed two miniature post mills of about one-third scale, including a 'six-sailer'.
Evening Argus
"A study of the power of water"
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Article in the 'Kidderminster Shuttle' about how the children at Birchen Coppice First School are being introduced to the idea that, in the past, water mills served an important purpose by visits to Broadwater Mill and Churchill Forge.
"Old and alone, he holds the creed of a craftsman"
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Cutting from the 'News Chronicle' about the engineer Frank Blake who had, single handed, restored the drainage mill on Orford Marshes to working order again, for its owner Alistair Watson. It had originally been built by the Dutch.
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Cutting from 'Birkenhead Advertiser' of a submission by Mrs. R. Kermode giving a brief history of Thingwall Mill, owned by the Capper family. The submission also mentions a few details about Tranmere Mill and Saughall Massie Mill.
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Snippet in the 'Yorkshire Post' about Karl Wood's final project to travel 700 miles to the Shetland Is to paint the remains of the windmill on the deserted island of South Havra.
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Photo in the 'Sussex County Magazine' of the tower mill at Willingdon, Sussex.
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Cutting from 'West Sussex Gazette' describing Peter Powell's creation of a model of a mill that stood on his farm at Coolham.
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Article in 'The Isle of Ely & Wisbech Advertiser' by Geoffrey Trease, suggesting that these windmills make a good subject for a walking tour.
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Feature in the 'Yarmouth Mercury' about proposals for the future of Ash Tree Drainage Mill on the Acle Road, at present owned by the Church Commissioners.
"Repairing the wheels that have turned for centuries"
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Cutting from 'The Chronicle' of a short article describing the restoration work being done to two water wheels at the Stretton Watermill near Farndon. The work was carried out by father-and-son team John and Ian McDowell, who both worked at A and L Construction of Cholmondeley. The restoration was in preparation for the opening of the 1992 season by the Cheshire Museum Service.
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Photos from the 'Suffolk Free Press' showing the last moments of the Leavenheath post mill when it was pulled down on 23 March 1925.
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Letter to 'Country Life' announcing that Mr. Graham Wilson, of Hull, has decided to take up the miller's job at North Leverton left vacant by the death of Mr. George Foster.
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Article in the 'News Chronicle' about the millers Bob and Caleb Wright of Friston in Suffolk, in their old-fashioned mill.
"A Volunteer for the North's Last Working Windmill"
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Text , possibly from the 'Manchester Guardian', about the appointment of a replacement for the late Mr. George Foster, who had operated the Subscription Mill at North Leverton for 35 years.
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Illustrated article in the 'South Norfolk News & Diss Mercury' about the work Adrian Colman is doing restoring Garboldisham Mill with the professional help of the millwright Philip Lennard.