Minutes of the Board (including Annual Meetings) (20/04/1940-25/03/1947), Executive Committee (10/04/1940-15/02/1945) and Transport Committee (10/02/1943-30/03/1943).

Minutes of the Joint Conference of National Service (25/01/1939), Civil Defence Joint Committee (01/02/1939-24/07/1939) and Employers Side of Council (17/12/1942-21/03/1945).

The contents of the file are:
(1) Nicholl's 8-page report on Stowell Mill following an inspection on 15 March 1988. The report is addressed to the Agent for the mill's owner, Lord Vesty, and covers the overall condition of the mill, gives recommendations for the future of the mill and provides an estimated costing to get the mill functioning again (£26,700), speculating on the possibility of the availability of grant aid for the project. Nicholls advises that whilst income from tourism and/or milling were possible, it would be "unfair to lease it to anyone wishing to obtain a reasonable living from milling operations". Speciality milling on a seasonal basis is given as one of several alternative uses suggested.
(2) Nicholl's invoice for the survey and report preparation (£180).
(3) Nicholl's cover letter for the report, referencing his and Dan Miles resignation as directors of Millwrights International Limited.

Report addressed to Mr and Mrs John Barker following an inspection on 20/21 March 1986. The 5-page (double-sided) report gives a history of the mill, discusses the condition of its structure, machinery, water courses and controls and makes proposals for their repair/restoration to milling order. Consideration is also given to whether the restored mill could sustain a small scale commercial milling operation and generate sufficient interest for a visiting public. The budget costings provided (£32,790) include provision for a visitor reception area.

A 12-page, co-authored, Millwrights International Limited report for East Cambridgeshire County Council on Six Mile Bottom Post Mill following an inspection and survey in July 1980. A detailed assessment of the condition of the mill is given together with repair proposals and an estimated budget for the work of £14,000 - £16,000. Nicholls acknowledges background information provided by Rex Wailes and Henry Wozniak. Details of the mill's history are given, referencing its current owner (Delamere Estate) and its Grade II listing in Spring 1980 and hence, East Cambridgeshire County Council's role in ensuring its protection. Nicholls describes its general appearance as "lost, forlorn and forgotten; a real disgrace to a structure so full of historical detail and constructional interest. In this respect she is unique". Reference is made to previous discussions with Millwrights International Limited about moving the whole structure to a rural life museum as a last resort

An 8-page report for East Sussex County Council on the Cross-in-Hand Post Mill following an inspection made on 8 February 1979 which describes the present condition of the mill's structure and provides a summary of the work proposed. Detailed costings are provided, amounting to an estimate of £27,350. Nicholls remarks on this being a considerable amount of money, but for a considerable schedule of work. The use of volunteers for some of the work is suggested, Nicholls commenting, "...and although this decreases the Millwrights income, it may help in funding the overall project". He concludes, "We trust, however, that you will proceed to get a programme under way. Cross-in-Hand is an excellent mill, and should be saved".

A 4-page report for Suffolk County Council on Holton Post Mill examining the mill's: sails; fan, framing and carriage; substructure and buck. The report concludes that public access should be prohibited pending the recommended programme of repair works due to the unsatisfactory condition of certain aspects of the structure. An estimate of £8,600 is given for the repair work (including the replacement of two stocks).

A Jameson Marshall Limited report prepared by Nicholls for J.J. Eyston on Mapledurham Mill and addressed to H. Godwin Arnold (architect). The 2-page report proposes a five-week programme of millwrights and associated works on the mill, split into three stages. A schedule of materials required is attached.

A one-page (double-sided) report addressed to J.V. Skinner, copied to Monica Dance (SPAB) and made by Nicholls on behalf his employer, Jameson Marshall Limited. The mill was inspected on 22 September 1976 and Nicholls makes recommendations for works to be carried out at a cost of c. £2,980, the price quoted being "firm for four months" and taking three months to complete "(weather permitting)".

A 5-page report on the "Waterwheel to Higher Mill Museum, Helmshore" addressed to Lancashire County Council and made by Nicholls on behalf his employer, Jameson Marshall Limited. The waterwheel was inspected on 5 October 1976 (specifically focused on the wheel and not the rest of the fulling mill) and Nicholls makes recommendations for all the timber components of the wheel to be removed and replaced and provides a schedule of replacement materials required. The estimate for the work comes to £7,885, deploying "three men on average, and complete within 12 weeks from commencement", a full day's work being from 6.30 am to 7.00 pm, the estimate assuming that "simple 'all in' accommodation" could be provided locally.

Copy of Derek Ogden's report to the Estate Office at Thorpeness following an inspection on 14 May 1972. The 4-page report recommends that "a number of important repairs are necessary in the near future if the the mill is to remain".

Copy of Derek Ogden's report to Wiltshire County Council on Wilton Windmill following an inspection on 24 May 1971. The 7-page report includes a suggested programme of works, noting that "it can and should be restored to a workable condition" but that if "nothing were done within the next twelve to eighteen months the mill will undoubtably deteriorate beyond an economic repair".

(1) 14-page report on South Ockendon Smock Mill to Associated Portland Cement Manufacturers Limited (APCM), prepared by Nicholls for Jameson Marshall Limited in November 1976. The report covers the mill's history, condition, proposed works for its repair and an estimate of costs (£69,980). Suggestions are made regarding the mill's ongoing upkeep after restoration and queries whether it should be handed over to Essex County Council, "one of the most advanced counties in respect of conservation of mills".
(2) Covering letter for the report from Nicholls to APCM (10 November 1976).
(3) Letter from Nicholls to Monica Dance (SPAB) requesting a letter of support for the restoration project be sent to the board of APCM.
(4) Revised costs for immediate essential works to safeguard structure and a reduced schedule and specification for the main repairs (13 June 1977).
(5) Copy letter from the County Planner, Essex County Council to the Historic Building Council referencing a reduced specification and estimate for the repair work (£46,000) and soliciting support for grant aid under the Historic Buildings and Ancient Monuments Act 1953 (20 June 1977).

(1) One page report by Rex Wailes on Little Hadham smock mill (18 June 1979) referencing "good photographs of the mill herself and a close up of her sails" . The report supports the restoration of the mill as a piece of history "in the solid" as well as advocating for the need for public access to it. Ongoing maintenance is advised, Wailes offering to assist further on the fitting of lightening conductors, "if Mr Nicholls has not already advised on this matter".
(2) Two black and white photographs of the mill (undated, but possibly those referred to by Wailes at (1) above).
(3) Nicholl's draft report (9 pages, double-sided manuscript notes and measurements).
(4) Photocopied pages from "English Windmills, Vol.2", Smith, D. (1932), Architectural Press, pp. 110-114.
(5) Nicholl's 13-page report for Millwrights International Limited to the mill's owner, A.H. Edwards, marked "Confidential". Contains a detailed report on the mill's condition together with a four-stage repair proposal and costings totalling approx. £115,000 (Nicholls adding that even a modified programme of works could not restore the mill for less than £70,000). Help with applications for grant aid is offered, Nicholls commenting that the mill, "is far too important a building to lose".

32 colour slides in a Kodak slide box labelled, "1974. Wilton - original dismantling etc" and "Wilton inc. D. Ogdens". There are 19 Fujichrome slides and 13 Gaf slides. Two of the three prints are of D.Ogden's slides. [The third print is perhaps from a missing slide]. All three prints were in a wallet labelled, "Wilton c. 1973. (Dismantling) (Ogden)".

An index entitled, "Some reports prepared by me from 1974 - 1988 and others as indicated" which accompanied Nicholl's first deposit of materials at the Mills Archive in 2012. The pencil annotations are Mildred Cookson's.

A 4 page report summarising the principle operations of Phase II of the restoration project 9a ten week period of work). The report notes the donation of considerable resources including: free shipment of equipment from the UK by Geest Line; storage of timber from Guyana donated by the Barbados Bottling Co. Ltd; workshop space at Cottage Plantation, St. George; the use of a forklift truck by the Barbados Port Authority. Disappointment at having to reject some of the timber from Guyana (and consequent delays to the project) is noted. Likewise, disappointment at having to import a UK blacksmith to the project team is expressed, there being "no able blacksmith of an acceptable working age" remaining on the island despite a previously "strong tradition of superb worksmanship". Allowing students from the local college's carpentry and joinery classes to join in aspects of the repairs had been a success, "and potentially of use in the ongoing repair of historical structures on the island".