- BRIN-041
- Item
- Mid 20th century
Part of Brinton Windmill Photographs
Unknown photographer
Part of Brinton Windmill Photographs
Unknown photographer
Part of Brinton Windmill Photographs
Unknown photographer
Chettleburgh, Charles
"Jack and Jill are up the hill"
Part of Press Cuttings Collection
Cutting from 'Financial Times' of an article by Jenny Luesby describing the history of the Jack and Jill windmills in Sussex and the involvement of local Simon Potter in their upkeep. The article provides details such as dates the mills were built, the formation of the Jack and Jill Windmill Society for the Preservation of Jill, awards won by the society, and briefly mentions a fire at Jill and repair efforts thereafter.
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Cutting from 'Evening Argus' protesting the potential demolition of Jill Mill at Clayton. The article mentions opinions collected by Henry Longhurst, and the involvement of Cuckfield Rural Council in a potential restoration project.
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Cutting from 'Evening Argus' urging the preservation of the Jack and Jill Mills at Clayton by Henry Longhurst. The article gives a brief history of the mills, and also outlines the requirements for a potential restoration effort.
"Guardians of Jill on the hill"
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Cutting from an unknown source of an article by Helen Galley describing the successful restoration effort at Jill Mill in Clayton. The article describes the collaborative effort by the society to preserve the mill, led by Simon Potter and Don Chamberlain, and also provides a brief history of the mill.
"Jill, the windmill, in splints"
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Cutting from 'Nottingham Evening Post' describing the ongoing restoration work at Jill Mill in Clayton.
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Cutting from 'Southern Weekly News Series' urging the preservation of the Jack and Jill Mills at Clayton by Henry Longhurst. The article gives a brief history of the mills, and also outlines the requirements for a potential restoration effort.
"Mill on the hill sails into life"
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Cutting from an unknown source of an article by Vanora Leigh describing the successful restoration effort at Jill Mill in Clayton. The article describes the collaborative effort by the society to preserve the mill, led by Michael Hoddell, and also provides a brief history of the mill.
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Photo with caption in the 'Southern Weekly News' showing the painters at work on the "Jill" post mill at Clayton.
"Downland Hunt starts from Mill"
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Photo in 'The Times' showing the Southdown Foxhounds meet at the Clayton mills site.
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Note in the 'Evening Standard' about the two famous South Downs windmills, Jack & Jill, going up for sale.
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Note in 'Cycling' magazine about Jack & Jill Mills at Clayton being up for sale.
"Work on mill stops - it is dangerous"
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Cutting from the 'Evening Standard' about the poor state of the main timbers of Jill windmill, discovered during the repainting work for Henry Longhurst the owner.
"CLAYTON -"Jill's" timbers in bad condition"
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Note in the 'West Sussex Gazette' about the extra expence which restoration of the Jill windmill will involve Cuckfield R.D.C.in finding.
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Photo from the 'Southern Weekly News' showing the extent to which the mill is now wrapped in scaffolding, and decorators providing scale.
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Illustrated article from the 'Evening Argus' showing the construction of new sweeps for Jill windmill at Edwin Hole's foundary in Burgess Hill.
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Photo in the 'Yorkshire Evening Post' showing the fitting of a new sweep to the Jill windmill on the South Downs.
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Note in the 'Mid Sussex Times' how Cuckfield Rural District Council were finding it much more expensive to complete the repairs they had begun when agreeing to have the sweeps removed from the Jill windmill.