Postcard of the Old Mill, Shirley
- DONP-10995
- Item
- 1910
Part of Don Paterson Collection
Postcard. Labelled 'The Old Mill, Shirley' and '6811. B.Bros Croydon'. Postmark 18 September 1910
Unknown photographer
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Postcard of the Old Mill, Shirley
Part of Don Paterson Collection
Postcard. Labelled 'The Old Mill, Shirley' and '6811. B.Bros Croydon'. Postmark 18 September 1910
Unknown photographer
This image is undated; however it cannot be later than 1923 as this copy of the postcard bears a postmark of that date.
Unknown publisher
Part of Rex Wailes Collection
Wailes, Reginald (1901-1986), engineer, known as Rex
Part of H C Casserley Collection
On p.1 of H C Casserley's Visits Record Book.
Part of H C Casserley Collection
On p.1 of H C Casserley's Visits Record Book.
Part of Karl Wood Windmill Sketches
Pen and ink drawing, M1129 Shirley tower mill, Croydon, 28/07/1938
Wood, Karl Salsbury (1888-1958), artist
Part of Press Cuttings Collection
Article in the 'Purley and Coulsden Advertiser' about the history of the old windmill that is having a new school built alongside it
Chettleburgh, Charles
Part of Photographs of UK mills
Unknown photographer
Part of Rex Wailes Collection
"Shirley Tower Mill, 13.9.42 - D.S. Sanders.".
Sanders, Denis Sidney (1917-1974), molinologist
Part of Frank W Gregory Collection
The mill appears to be in a good external condition
Part of Press Cuttings Collection
Photo in the 'Croydon Advertiser' showing the upper part of Shirley Tower Mill.
Part of Press Cuttings Collection
Cutting from 'Evening News' describing the appeal to save the old windmill at Shirley near Croydon. The appeal was led by Croydon Borough Council, who intended to use it as a school, and the article mentions a survey to be carried out by the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings to decide if the mill was worth saving.
"Old Mill sets a problem in school grounds"
Part of Press Cuttings Collection
Cutting from the 'Evening News' about hopes by the builders that they can fit Shirley Tower Mill into their plans for the new Grammar School.
Part of Press Cuttings Collection
Cutting from the 'Evening Standard' about the ideas for incorporating Shirley Tower Mill into the fabric of the new grammar school.
Part of Press Cuttings Collection
Cutting from 'Evening Star' describing the plans to build a school at the site of an old windmill in Croydon. The article mentions that architects needed the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings to conduct a survey before work on the mill could start, and also speculates as to potential uses for the mill once it has been restored.
"Shirley Windmill may be preserved, Ministry told"
Part of Press Cuttings Collection
Cutting from the 'Croydon Times' about the public enquiry into the question of where the land should be found to increase the supply of grammar school places in Croydon.
Part of Stephen Buckland Collection
Blue paperback notebook labelled Rough Windmill Notes, Chiefly Sussex 1952. Contains notes and sketches on windmills including Kingston; Brixton; Shirley; Jolesfield; Shipley.
Buckland, John Stephen Percy (1935-2006), mill researcher
"Now the old windmill may loose its charm"
Part of Press Cuttings Collection