- CUTT-00342
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- 15 October 1927
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Cutting from 'Daily News' describing the successful restoration effort at an old mill on Reigate Heath, and its conversion into a church.
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Part of Press Cuttings Collection
Cutting from 'Daily News' describing the successful restoration effort at an old mill on Reigate Heath, and its conversion into a church.
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Cutting from an unidentified paper of unknown date, giving a piece of poetry written by Sir John Betjeman in response to an appeal from the conservationists trying to save Wimbledon Common post mill.
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Cutting from 'South London Press' about the restoration work nearing completion on the Brixton windmill.
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Letter to 'South London Press' from a Mrs Bell of Bournemouth about searches by a Mr Saunderson for the windmill that once stood in Brixton.
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Cutting from the 'Daily Telegraph and Morning Post' about the plans to replace the old windmill in Blenheim Gardens, Brixton with a block of flats.
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Cutting from the 'Balham News' that the old windmill, dating from 1816, had been scheduled as an Ancient Monument in 1951 and would be restored.
"Historic windmill wins its 30-year fight for life"
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Report in the 'Evening News' celebrating the accomplishment next spring when Brixton Hill's windmill's sails will be turning again.
"Brixton windmill threatened with demolition"
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Photo with caption showing the Brixton windmill, threatened with demolition.
"Bid to save last London windmill"
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Cutting with photo from 'The Daily Telegraph' mentioning Miss Marion Marshall who had inherited the Brixton Hill windmill from the late Joshua Ashby and who wished to preserve it.
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Picture and caption in 'The Daily Telegraph' about the intentions of London County Council to go ahead with the preservation of the windmill in Blenheim Gardens on Brixton Hill.
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Photo in the 'Wimbledon Borough News' showing the new sweeps being fitted after the de-infestation treatment of the windmill.
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Photo and caption in the 'South Western Star' showing men at work on Wimbledon Common's windmill, with the sweeps taken off so the death-watch beetle infestation can be treated.
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Photo with caption from the Nottingham 'Guardian Journal' showing that painting is the stage the restoration of the windmill on Wimbledon Common has reached.
"Cash gift to restore the windmill"
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Article in 'The Wimbledon News' about the offer which Mr Vernon Ely, owner of a local business, had made to the Conservators to cover the costs of windmill restoration.
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Piece in the 'Balham & Tooting News & Mercury' announcing the 'Save the Windmill' appeal, which has now reached £3,000.
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Note in 'Reynolds News' that a small fire was detected by the children of the families living in the Wimbledon Common windmill, and put out before any real harm was done.
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Scruffy cutting from 'The Times' about plans by the L. C. C. and the SPAB to preserve the tower mill in Blenheim Gardens, Brixton in an open space.
"Shirley Windmill may be preserved, Ministry told"
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Cutting from the 'Croydon Times' about the public enquiry into the question of where the land should be found to increase the supply of grammar school places in Croydon.
"Now the old windmill may loose its charm"
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Photo in the 'Croydon Advertiser' showing the upper part of Shirley Tower Mill.