Report in an unknown paper that East Suffolk County Council is to spend nearly £2,000 repairing three windmills, representative of the three types traditionally used in the county.

Article in the 'Eastern Daily Press' about the previous day's discussions in the East Suffolk County Finance Committee about proposals to preserve a sub-set of the area's windmills.

Cutting from the 'Daily Herald' about a controversy about whether Buttrum's or Holton's Mill should have been picked by East Suffolk Planning Committee for preservation.

Piece in 'The Daily Telegraph' about the plan by East Suffolk County Council to spend nearly £2,000 on repairing three representative windmills.

Piece in the 'East Anglian Daily Times' on how the pioneering steps taken in East Suffolk to preserve some of their windmills is being followed by West Sussex and Bucks County Councils.

Photos in the 'Eastern Daily Press' showing restoration work on Windmills in the Works of Thos. Smithdale & Sons at Acle, for one of the Woodbridge mills.

Article in 'Milling' reworking materials originally published in the 'East Anglian Magazine' by Christopher Elliott of Worlingham near Beccles about East Anglian mills.

Illustrated article from the 'Suffolk Mercury' recording how the 1st Woodbridge Scouts called in at Buttrum's Mill when of a sponsored walk to raise funds for local cancer charities.

Photo and article from the East Anglian Daily Times' recording the fitting of a new stock to Buttrum Tower Mill as part of its restoration.

Letter from Mr Russell Edwards of Ipswich to the Editor of 'The Field' telling of the steps being taken to obtain a suitable replacement material for the windshaft at Buttrum's Mill.

Photos from the 'East Anglian Daily Times' showing the new structures being built for Buttrum's Mill restoration by the Acle firm of Thomas Smithdale & Sons.

Piece in the 'Evening Standard" about the loss of the permit which the Ministry of Supply was told to issue for the purchase of the necessary timber with which to do the repairs to Buttrum's Mill in Suffolk.

Cutting from 'The Star' about the rise in the cost of repairing the tower mill at Woodbridge, over three years.

Article in the 'Evening News' recording a mix-up between the Planning Ministry and the Ministry of Supply in Whitehall, whereby the permit to buy new timber for the restoration of Buttrum's Mill, Woodbridge in Suffolk got lost.

Cutting from the 'Lowestoft Journal' about the way the cost of repairs to Buttrum's Mill, Woodbridge, had risen from an estimated £2400 in 1949 to about £3000 in 1952 due to rises in labour and timber costs.

Photo and caption from 'The Daily Telegraph' reporting how, with help from The Pilgrim Trust, the East Suffolk CC is likely to find the outstanding amount to complete the restoration of Buttrum's Mill, Woodbridge. At the same time, the smock mill at Herringfleet and "the post mill at Thaxted Green"[sic] are also being maintained.

Captioned photograph in the 'East Angllian Daily Times' showing Buttrum's Mill and adjacent buildings.

Letter to the Editor of the 'East Anglian Daily Times', from "An Old Wind-miller", about the forthcoming sale of the Burkitt's Road windmill

Section from the 'East Anglian Daily Times' about the local activities marking National Mills Day.

Advert by John D. Wood & Co. in 'Country Life' for the Sale of Buttrum's Mill in Woodbridge, Suffolk, and the Mill House.
[Came from Michael Dunn Collection]