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"Memories of an old mill"

Cutting from 'The Advertiser' about the appearance of two windmills in Sussex appearing on an 1824 map of the area. The article mentions College Mill and Cripplegate Mill, but focuses on Cripplegate Mill in particular, providing its brief history and details of ownership, as well as its destruction in a fire on 25 May 1914.

The Advertiser (Sussex)

"Lydd, New"

Note on the reverse: "Lydd New mill n.d.".
The mill on fire.

Buckland, John Stephen Percy (1935-2006), mill researcher

Flour mill fire risks and a fire in France

The first cutting describes fire risks in roller mills. The second describes a fire in warehouses and granaries in Darblay, France. The third is a picture of Geen Mills, with a note saying it belongs to Messrs T Rowse and Sons.

The Daily Graphic

"Seaton Ross"

Windshaft and sails on the ground after a disaster.

Wilson, Graham Christopher, miller and millwright

"Hormead"

Post mill, Great Hormead following its collapse.

Wilson, Graham Christopher, miller and millwright

"Hormead"

Smock mill, Great Hormead following its collapse.

Wilson, Graham Christopher, miller and millwright

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