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Wailes, Reginald (1901-1986), engineer, known as Rex
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"Windmills picked for reprieve"

Cutting from 'The Star' naming the three windmills selected for preservation as "ancient monuments" in East Suffolk, after a tour by Messrs Rex Wailes and Cecil Smithdale.

"Repair Work"

Letter to the Editor of 'Cycling' Magazine from Stanley Freese, asking if "R.W." (= Rex Wailes) can idenetify an alleged law preventing later buildings from being erected around windmills: he thinks this only applies in the case of the water rights for water mills.

"A Suffolk Millwright"

Snippet in the 'East Anglian Daily Times' about various people in the mills preservation world ending with Mr Amos Clarke of Ipswich whose firm tries whenever possible to avoid tearing down an old mill but, instead, to restore it.

"Burton Dassett Windmill"

Letter to the Editor of the 'Stratford-upon-Avon Herald' from Sir Willoughby de Broke & Mr O. A. Greenslade, about the report by Mr Rex Wailes of the S.P.A.B. on the irreparable done to the the Burton Dassett mill in the 1946 storm. However, he reports that the 'Beacon Tower' nearby might benefit from restoration work and that the £60 requested for the mill could be better spent on the Beacon.

"The Village of Wolvey"

Letter to the Editor of 'The Field' from Mrs Dance, of the S.P.A.B., commenting on CUTT-03642'S illustration and adding that Rex Wailes, their Technical Advisor, had visited the site without finding any modern traces of the mill shown.

"Windmills"

Pages from an unknown magazine of unknown date, containing an illustrated article by Rex Wailes on windmills from various parts of Britain and Europe.

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