- CUTT-03403
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- 1 November 1952
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Photo with caption in the 'Hastings & St. Leonards Observer' showing how close to decay the Silverhill windmill has come.
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Photo with caption in the 'Hastings & St. Leonards Observer' showing how close to decay the Silverhill windmill has come.
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Cutting from 'Practical Motorist' describing Brill Windmill.
"When a mighty wheel brought life to the land"
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Cutting from 'West Sussex County Times' of an article by Frank Holmes in remembrance of the watermills of Sussex. In particular, the article discusses the Town Mill, Warnham Mill and Amies Mill. Each mill is accompanied by a brief history and an outline of its present state.
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Cutting from Bedforshire Times showing a sketch of Keysoe mill.
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Letter from an East Anglian magazine from Christopher Elliottt from Beccles about the restoration of the damage done to Marsh Mill, Walberswick, due to it being used for target practice during WW2.
[Came from the Michael Dunn Collection]
"Water mill stays - thanks to earl"
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Snippet from an unknown paper, of unknown date, about the Earl of Malmesbury's ongoing fight to keep his old watermill at Throop in Hampshire working.
"£7,000 to restore old windmill"
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Note from 'The Daily Telegraph' about plans to restore Cross-in-Hand post mill if a sum of £7,000 can be raised.
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Cutting from "My Magazine" picturing two Essex windmills.
"Vanished mill was part of the family"
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Late 19th century photo showing the smock mill at Erpingham, Norfolk, where John Johnson the miller lived with his family. Around 1900 the mill was sold to G H Witham, whose son Edward worked it until his death in 1959.
"Beautifully converted windmill for sale"
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Auctioneers' advert in an unknown paper for a converted windmill in Rotherfield, East Sussex, for which offers in the region of £21,000 are expected.
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Photograph in 'The Field' showing Gibraltar Mill, Great Bardfield, with only two sails and fragments of the fantail.
"Money well spent at Pakenham"
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Illustrated article in the 'East Anglian Daily Press' marking the completion of the repair scheme for Pakenham Windmill under the guidance of the millwright Mr J. E. Thompson.
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Cutting from an unknown East Anglian paper, of unknown date recording the repair work on the sails and stocks of Savory's Mill at Burnham Overy, including a picture of the carpenter, Mr J. E. Thompson, building a new sail.
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Piece in the Hull 'Daily Mail' about how the old windmill site is now occuped by Hornsea Pottery Ltd.
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Cutting from 'Portsmouth Evening News' describing the dereliction of an old mill at Clanfield. The article gives a detailed description of the remaining structure and the mill's history. It also mentions inability to demolish the mill due to its historical listing, and the requirements for its restoration according to Mr. John Bishop.
"Toy factory in a converted mill at Rogate"
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Cutting from 'West Sussex Gazette and South of England Advertiser' of an article by Alison Ross describing the conversion of Durford Mill near Rogate into a toy factory. The article goes over the history of the owner of Tiger Toys, Ltd., Mr. Robert Hirst, and how he came to set up his factory at the mill. It also includes a brief overview of the technical processes taking place at the factory.
"Preserving Britain's Windmills"
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Cutting from "The Daily Mail". A letter to this paper explaining that the purpose of the Windmill Section of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings is "to give assistance in the repair both of working mills and of those that remain as landmarks".
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Illustrated article from the 'South Norfolk News' about the new steel stocks being fitted for the sails at Billingford Tower Mill, so that it might possibly be able to grind flour again.
"New era begins in life of mill"
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Report in 'South Norfolk News' about work starting on incorporating the tower of Hempnall Mill into a day centre for the handicapped
"Billingford mill sails will soon turn again"
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Illustrated article from the 'Eastern Daily Press' about the lifting into position of the new steel stock at Billingford Mill, so that the final two sails can be attached once more.