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"Frank Gregory Talk"

Note in the 'Chichester Observer' on a talk that Frank Gregory gave to the Chichester Camera Club, which used the preservation work being done on Nutley mill by the Uckfield and District Preservation Society as an illustration.

"W.S.C.C. Planning Application delays"

Report in the 'West Sussex Gazette' on the discussions about why planning applications were taking so long to process, and how well the appeal for contributions to the Windmill Preservation Fund was going.

"Poor response to Windmills appeal"

Report in the 'Sussex Daily News' that funds are only coming in slowly from the residents of West Sussex to the appeal for preserving three of the County's windmills. People from other parts of the country and even America have been the main contributors.

"Decaying relics"

Article in the Brighton 'Evening Argus' discussing the position whereby 3 out of the 27 surviving windmills in West Sussex are thought worthy of preservation.

"To preserve sample windmills ?"

Note in the Brighton 'Evening Argus' on the ongoing discussions by East Sussex County Planning Committee on preserving a sample of the county's windmills, but have decided not to accept Winchelsea Mill as a gift from the owner Mr Anthony Freeman because of its condition.

"Windmill starts a battle"

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.

"Three old mills are to be saved"

Cutting from 'The Star' about the forthcoming inspection by a Lincolnshire millwright and experts from S.P.A.B. to select the three Suffolk windmills to preserve as examples of each type.

"The Windmills vanish"

Editorial in the Ipswich 'Evening Star' about Mr Amos Clarke, of Belle Vue Road, Ipswich and his view that the cost of maintenance is what stops mill-owners keeping them any longer.

"Suffolk Windmills"

Letter to the Editor of the'East Anglian Daily Times' from Stanley Freese approving the decision of East Suffolk CC to preserve Saxtead Green post mill, which he considered one of the most pleasantly situated mills in England. And if Wortham Mill cannot be saved too, might West Suffolk CC be pursuaded to preserve Drinkstone Mill ?

"New Life for idle Sails"

Piece in the 'Birmingham Mail' about the stimulus the War had had on interest in milling. Help has been given to restoring mills to working order by the S.P.A.B.,

"English windmills get new lease of life"

Note in the 'Irish Independent' reporting Mrs Dance's point that, since they consume no fuel, English windmills are finding a new lease of life. The S.P.A.B. has even provided funds to fit a new set of sails and a stock to the Saxtead Green Mill in Suffolk.

"Saving the Mill"

Note in 'The Evening News' that, despite the demands for re-cycling old metal as salvage, some relics are considered too important historically to be melted down.

"The oldest dated windmill

Cutting from an unknown paper about the evidence that Bourn Mill is older than the post mill at Brill, mentioning its presentation to the Cambridge Preservation Society and a model of the mill in the Science Museum.

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