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"Vanished Age"

Letter to 'The Daily Telegraph' from P Wilkes of Grantham, Lincs, about the Morcott windmill, which has recently been restored.

"Vanished Age (II)"

Letter to 'The Daily Telegraph' from K A Reedman of Long Eaton, Notts, who had travelled to view the' rural museum' at Morcott windmill, only to be confronted by "KEEP OUT" signs guarding what is a private site.

"Vanished Age (III)"

Letter to 'The Daily Telegraph' from P Wilkes, explaining that his picture of the restored Morcott windmill [CUTT-02124] had only been meant to show 'a vanished age' and not to claim it was worth a visit to the site.

"Vanished age (ii)

Letter to 'The Daily Telegraph' from K A Reedman of Long Eaton, Notts, referring to P Wilkes' one about the restored mill at Morcott, Rutland, regretting that, when he went specially to look at the mill, he found it surrounded by KEEP OUT signs.

"Vanished age (iii)

Letter to 'The Daily Telegraph' from P Wilkes, commenting on Mr Reedman's disappointment but explaining that Morcott mill was not yet being used as a museum of rural life.

Rutland

T. B. Paisley's notes on Rutland windmills; Note on Seaton's mills, 1955.

Paisley, Thomas Brownlee (1916-1980)

Research notebook - Northamptonshire and Suffolk

A Reporters' Notebook containing:
Northants: notes taken from 'Northants Notes & Queries, New Series, Vol.4, 1912-1920' relating to: a 1609 grant by James 1 of a post mill at Kettering; the history of an unindexed tower mill (located on the site of a former post mill on Rockingham Road, Kettering) which was demolished in 1893; 18th c. maps of Kettering showing the location of various mills and a 19th c. print showing a post mill at Peterborough; also notes about the post mill at Seaton, Rutland which was demolished in 1917 as well as the nearby watermill, Henry Royce being said to have worked at both mills as a boy.
Suffolk: research notes relating to Suffolk windmills including construction dates, operational status in 1926,1939 and 1955 and including the notable features listed in 'Subject access points' below.
Windmill restoration: eight pages of draft narrative rehearsing the demise of wind and watermills since the late 19th c. and extolling the efforts of John Russell to restore and preserve Union Mill, Cranbrook. The narrative rehearses the preservation efforts made by a number of local authorities (counties listed in 'Place access points' below) arguing that it should be essential for such work to be their responsibility.
Windmills still in operation: notes running from back-to-front in the notebook listing, 'How many still in use', which are 'Workable' and 'When used and why'.

Wailes, Reginald (1901-1986), engineer, known as Rex

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