Cutting from "Blackpool Gazette and Herald". The Letter from 'Easter Visitor' to Blackpool has remarked that the windmill on the Preston New road was adorned with advertising which detracted from the beauty of the windmill and the vista.

Cutting from "Lancashire Daily Post" reporting that almost all the windmills on the Fylde have become derelict but two windmills at Weeton and Lytham St Annes remain well preserved and in working order.

Cutting from "Bolton Journal and Guardian". Windmills have an unfailing attraction. Photograph obtained on the fringe of the Lancashire coalfield on Lord Crawford's Estate. This windmill was last used for pumping water.

Cutting from "Blackpool Gazette and Herald" claiming that the Fylde should be interested in the latest work of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings. The Society aims to publish a book containing records and photographs of all the windmills still standing in Great Britain. SPAB has already published a book on the windmills of Warwickshire and Cambridgeshire.

Cutting from "The Bulletin and Scots Pictorial". Photograph of windmill near Kirkham, Lancashire, one of few in this country still in working order.

Cutting from "Preston Guardian". The ancient windmill on the Green at Lytham St Anne has been taken over by the Lytham St Anne Motor Boat Club as its club house.

Cutting from "News Chronicle". Marton Windmill has been presented by Mr Cornelius Bagot as a memorial to Allen Clarke. A memorial committee has been formed to oversee restoration work.

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Cutting from "Blackpool Times". A very revealing article about the village of Weeton, its windmill and three generations of Winstanleys who owned the mill. Also including various legends villagers have handed down through the ages.

Cutting from "Blackpool Gazette and Herald" reporting that the tragedy of Thornton Windmill had 'cast a shadow over the village'.

Cutting from "Blackpool Gazette and Herald" claiming that the Fylde area should be interested in preserving the remaining windmills. The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings has begun to record and photograph windmills in Warwickshire and Cambridgeshire aiming to publish in book form. The Society is highlighting the disappearance of the Fylde windmills and looking at funding arrangements.

Cutting from "Bolton Evening News". Photograph of Clifton Windmill taken from the Preston to Kirkham Road. It was last used a decade ago.

Cutting from "Bolton Evening News" stating that the old mill at Thornton would be offered for sale at auction as one of the most complete and best furnished windmills in the country.

Cutting from "Preston Guardian". It was stated at annual meeting of the motor boat club that the Old Windmill at east beach would become the new Headquarters of the club.

Cutting from "West Lancashire Evening Gazette". The Weeton windmill was built in 1812 and the present owner, Lord Derby has promised to help the Society of Ancient Monuments preserve it for the future. Mr Wailes described the mill as a 'fine example of a tower mill and the work of the early millwrights.

Cutting from "West Lancashire Evening Gazette". The article emphasises the importance of the preservation of windmills to the windmill section of the Society for the Preservation of Ancient Buildings. The organisation has already helped preserve several windmills through 'financial and moral' support.

Cutting from "Northern Daily Telegraph" reporting that an old windmill at Thornton, Blackpool will be offered for sale tonight. The landmark structure was built in 1794 and has been 'preserved almost intact'.

Cutting from "Blackpool Times". Staining Windmill is no longer a windmill but a furniture store. It used to grind wheat and crusty oats; the sails no longer function.

Cutting from "Blackpool Gazette and Herald". Councilor Thickett writes in his article that the sails of the Marton Windmill are 'becoming very delapidated' after his frequent journeys on the Preston road. He says these windmills are a feature of the Fylde landscape and local authorities would be expected to proserve them.

Cutting from "The Daily Mail". The picture displays the old windmill at Thornton-Le-Fylde, near Fleetwood, where two women fell from the fan platform and were killed.