A repurposed pocket diary for October 1933 measuring 6.5 cm x 9 cm containing notes on the mills listed at 'Place access points' below. These include more detailed notes about: the toll board and exterior cleats at Llanddeusant, Anglesey; some drawings under the heading, 'Windmills for the Generation of Electricity, Institute for Research in Agricultural Engineering, University of Oxford'; a reference to 'Parsonage Mill' at Eastbourne 'painted by Hine'; a reference to a book of photos of Eastbourne town hall showing mills in the 1870s and referencing, 'E.L.B. 50 years ago'.
Wailes, Reginald (1901-1986), engineer, known as Rex
Note entitled, 'per E.L.B.' regarding Coulsdon Common Mill as follows: 'Belonged to a man named Brigden who had a post-mill at Sydenham & a smock (hand winded) at Ewell, Surrey. The mill had two [common] sails & two springs or patents, can't say which. As a lad Brigden's man told me that his boss christened her, which might date the mill to the 50's or early 60's. Went over when a lad about 1884, when I think she had only just finished work'.
With Kent-type cap, derelict fan and stocks. Open-framed and standing on tall wooden pylon which lower down encloses boarded wooden structure. Site appears to be wood or private garden. Caption appears to date photo to 1989 but this doubtful. Same mill as 1111800.
Gregory, Frank William (1917-1998), mill researcher
Part of the Rex Wailes collection. An advertising card for Messrs Hill & Son, Ashford. Mill erected in 1863. Reverse of card contains hand written technical notes from Mr Lancaster Burne about the sails, the gearing, the pump and the standby engine,