"Famous watermill grinding to a halt"
- CUTT-04349
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- 1 September 1966
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Article in the 'Evening Argus' about the closure of Terwick Mill at the end of the month because it is no longer economic to run.
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"Famous watermill grinding to a halt"
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Article in the 'Evening Argus' about the closure of Terwick Mill at the end of the month because it is no longer economic to run.
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Cutting from 'Evening Argus' describing the history a watermill at Coultershaw. The article mentions that the mill was used to supplement the water supply to Petworth House, and that it was restored to a fully functioning state by the Sussex Industrial Society in 1976.
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Letter to the Editor of the 'Brighton Evening Argus' from L. R. Everard of Shoreham, commenting on a previous letter from a Mr Grey and giving some more details about Trusler's Mill (a post mill formerly in Regency Square in Brighton), Ballard's Mill, a smock mill in Hove and Udimore post mill which he would be happy to pass on to Mr Grey.
"Toy factory in a converted mill at Rogate"
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Cutting from 'West Sussex Gazette and South of England Advertiser' of an article by Alison Ross describing the conversion of Durford Mill near Rogate into a toy factory. The article goes over the history of the owner of Tiger Toys, Ltd., Mr. Robert Hirst, and how he came to set up his factory at the mill. It also includes a brief overview of the technical processes taking place at the factory.
"Bid to restore old water mill"
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Cutting from 'West Sussex Gazette' describing the restoration of Ifield Mill in Crawley by the University of London Institute of Archaeology Sussex Field Unit and the Sussex Industrial Archaeology Society. The article provides a brief history of the mill, and some of the problems encountered by the group.
"Sussex watermill of 1600 faces demolition threat"
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Cutting from 'The Daily Telegraph' about the threats to demolish Terwick Watermill and shut down the animal feed business which the Ayling brothers have been running.
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Illustration in the 'West Sussex Gazette and South of England Advertiser' recording the District Council's decision not to take any action to reverse the decay into which Horsham's Town Mill is sinking.
"Ayling Bros. must close historic Terwick Mills"
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Article in the 'West Sussex Gazette and South of England Advertiser' recording the imminent closure of Terwick Watermill.
"Famous watermill grinding to a halt"
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Piece in the Brighton 'Evening Argus' recording the end of Terwick Watermill as the ayling brothers can no longer make a profit from it.
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Piece in the Brighton 'Evening Argus' about how Woods Mill near Henfield has become the HQ for the Sussex Naturalists Trust and may get started up again just to illustrate how the old watermills worked.
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Report in the 'Mid Sussex Times' of a talk, given to the Burgess Hill Townswomen's Guild, by Mr Raymond Chandler of Aldbourne, which included the windmill at Shipley which had been renovated by Mr Peter Powell of Coolham.
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Article in the Property section of the 'Daily Mail' about Upper Crisbrook watermill near Maidstone, which is on the market for £1.25 million; and also Newbridge Mill, Coleman's Hatch in East Sussex, for which the 2015 asking price is £695,000.
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Photo in the 'West Sussex Gazette' showing the beam scales used the Aylings in their Terwick Mills at Rogate since around 1820.
"Water brings the Buyers sailing in"
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Piece in 'The Daily Mail' on watermills on the market in East Anglia, Gloucestershire and West Sussex.
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Note in 'Sussex Express' on the efforts being made by the Robertsbridge & District Arch. Soc. to preserve the watermill at Kipling's Batemans home.
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Note in the 'West Sussex Gazette' that former miller Mr Frederick W Linington had died at his home in Emsworth. He'd joined the firm of Leigh Thomas & Co., Ltd, as a milling apprentice in 1900-in Newport, IoW, and transferred as foreman to their plant in Emsworth in 1914.
"Historic mill to be demolished"
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Illustrated piece in 'The Daily Telegraph' about the failure of attempts to save the Rowner Mill on the River Arun in Sussex from demolition.
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Note in the 'Houses and Estates' section of 'The Daily Telegraph' that Ifield Water Mill, lying north west of Crawley on a 17-acre lake, is for sale.
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Letter to the editor of the 'West Sussex Gazette' from C. R. Edgeley of Ferring, commenting on R. C. Smith's letter of 30th March, and noting an article by H. E. S. Simmons on the subject which appeared in 'The Sussex County Magazine' Vol.12 (1937).
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Letter from R. C. Smith of Arundel to the editor of the 'West Sussex Gazette' about some photographs he'd collected of the two old windmills in the South Marshes area.