Correspondence re translators

Newspaper cutting of possible disappearance of this "kent" windmill

Correspondence re demolition of mill

Taken from a paper, presumably by Rex Wailes, Nicholls notes "R.W.'s" observations on wind power in Antigua, Barbados, Curacao, Montserrat, St [Vincent], the British Virgin Islands, Grenada, St Kitts & Nevis and Jamaica. Steam power in Cuba is noted as being in use in 1797.

(1) One page report by Rex Wailes on Little Hadham smock mill (18 June 1979) referencing "good photographs of the mill herself and a close up of her sails" . The report supports the restoration of the mill as a piece of history "in the solid" as well as advocating for the need for public access to it. Ongoing maintenance is advised, Wailes offering to assist further on the fitting of lightening conductors, "if Mr Nicholls has not already advised on this matter".
(2) Two black and white photographs of the mill (undated, but possibly those referred to by Wailes at (1) above).
(3) Nicholl's draft report (9 pages, double-sided manuscript notes and measurements).
(4) Photocopied pages from "English Windmills, Vol.2", Smith, D. (1932), Architectural Press, pp. 110-114.
(5) Nicholl's 13-page report for Millwrights International Limited to the mill's owner, A.H. Edwards, marked "Confidential". Contains a detailed report on the mill's condition together with a four-stage repair proposal and costings totalling approx. £115,000 (Nicholls adding that even a modified programme of works could not restore the mill for less than £70,000). Help with applications for grant aid is offered, Nicholls commenting that the mill, "is far too important a building to lose".

A 10-page narrative account of the Morgan Lewis sugar mill restoration project including principal areas of work carried out at each stage, from the initial survey in January 1994 up until 1999.
Nicholl's ascribes the awakening of his interest in Caribbean sugar mills to a Newcomen Society paper written by Rex Wailes on, "Windmills and steam power in Barbados". Other influences include "A Windmill in Barbados", a film shot in the 1920s at the Corbin family's Mount Pleasant mill (Barbados). The important roles of the Barbados National Trust (and especially Penelope Hynam Roach and Richard Goddard) and Nicholl's hosts, the Choate family, are also acknowledged.
Adjacent topics include: the history of milling on the island and its importance to the Barbadian economy; the end of steam-powered sugar milling on the island; the mill's listing on the World Monuments list 1996; the various local trades used in the project (including the recommissioning of an old lime kiln to supply lime mortar) as well as the rotating team of craftsmen from the Chiltern Partnership in attendance; consultation on additional restoration projects including at Six Men's plantation mill (St Peter's); a visit to view the Boiling House at the River Antoine watermill (Grenada) and another to the Essequibo River (Guyana) for timber-sourcing; meetings with the Barbadian Ministry of Education for the Amy Nicholls Mill Wall recording project; a list of 42 mill remains/mill walls visited by Nicholls for research purposes.

Rex Wailes presenting the SPAB windmill certificate to Chris Wilson, miller of Tower mill, Over, Cambridgeshire.

Scrapbook of photographs of Sussex and Kent mills. Stephen Buckland's scrapbook number 66.

Scrapbook of postcards and photographs. Includes 12 Liebig cards, postcards of UK and foreign mills, photographs of mills in Bedfordshire, Kent, Middlesex, Buckinghamshire, and USA. Stephen Buckland's scrapbook number 53.

Duplicate photographs of JSPB-PHT-50-38 and 39, affixed to A4 lined paper with handwritten captions.