- CUTT-04561
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- 6 August 1964
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Note in an unknown paper about the plans from improving the appearance of the windmill on Reigate Heath, now owned by Reigate Council.
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Part of Press Cuttings Collection
Note in an unknown paper about the plans from improving the appearance of the windmill on Reigate Heath, now owned by Reigate Council.
Part of Press Cuttings Collection
Snippet from the 'Sunday Dispatch' how the last miller, Stanley Jupp, is to cease operating Outwood Mill and offer it to the National Trust.
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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.
"1841 windmill fired by rocket"
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Note in 'The South Western Star' about how the roof of the old pumping mill standing on Wandsworth Common was set alight by a firework.
1854 datestone, tower mill, Shirley, Croydon
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Blythman, Guy
"300-year-old mill's sails will turn again"
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Cutting from 'Evening News' describing restoration to full functionality carried out at Outwood Mill in Surrrey. The article mentions the interest the mill holds for the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings, and that owner Stanley Jupp will begin grinding corn there again. It also provides a brief history of the mill.
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Article in the 'Purley and Coulsden Advertiser' about the history of the old windmill that is having a new school built alongside it
"A Facelift for the old Windmill"
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Photo and caption from the 'South London Press' showing scaffolding around Brixton Windmill in Blenheim Gardens as it has its first redecoration since the Council took it over.
"A final 3s. 8d. saves the windmill"
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Cutting from 'Evening News' describing how a last donation from Mr. Harry Boxall, maintenance man at the windmill at Wimbledon Common, helped the restoration effort at the mill. The article mentions the extensive community involvement in the project, including the Boy Scouts and the Girl Guides, and also provides a brief history of the mill.
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Note in the 'Eastern Daily Press' noting that attempts are being made to tidy away the wartime scars from Wimbledon Common, so hopes can be held that similar efforts may occur in East Anglia.
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Outcry about plans to demolish the windmill in Cornwall Road, Brixton, which is regarded as still sound.
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Cutting from the'Sunday Companion' about S.P.A.B.'s efforts to preserve Brixton Hill windmill.
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Cutting from 'West Sussex and South of England Advertiser' giving a brief history of Elstead Mill near Farnham. The article contains details of the mill's changing function and ownership, and mentions that it stopped functioning as a mill in 1875 and was occupied by Mr and Mrs. H. M. Bentley as a private residence. It is accompanied by a sketch of the mill by Mr. Edward Langdon.
"A moving way to beat vandals"
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Cutting from 'Evening Argus' describing the dismantling and storage of parts of Lowfield Heath windmill in order to protect it from vandals. The article mentions that this is a part of the relocation of the mill to Gatwick Zoo and Aviaries.
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Cutting from the 'Surrey Mirror' [of uncertain date] recording how an actuary from Sevenoaks was planning to move into the windmill on Wray Common, near Reigate, and live there.
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Note in the 'South London Press' about plans by Lambeth Council to spend up to £6,000 making an open space around the old Brixton Hill windmill.
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Cutting from an unknown source describing an effort to raise money to save the old windmill on Wimbledon Common by asking Poet Laureate Sir John Betjeman to write a verse on the building. The article contains the poet's composition, and also mentions that MP Sir Hugh Linstead appealed to Sir John for his assistance in the fundraising effort.
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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.