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" "Bouncing Bessie" mill"

Photo with caption from 'The Birmingham Post' showing the tower mill at Rowington Green, Warks, that used to have a companion nearby that was known as 'Grinning Jenny'.

" 'Cuppa' in the Windmill"

Illustration from the 'Newcastle Evening Chronicle' explaining how the Parks Superintendent Mr James Riley has been asked to turn the shell of Whickham Windmill into a tea-room.

" "Jill" was more expensive"

Note in the 'Mid Sussex Times' how Cuckfield Rural District Council were finding it much more expensive to complete the repairs they had begun when agreeing to have the sweeps removed from the Jill windmill.

" 'Last' mill to be home'

Article in the Brighton 'Evening Argus' about the decision by the Corporation's Planning Committee to grant Mrs Christiansen outline permission to convert Patcham windmill into a home. There is also an historical note about Ballards Post Mill and the reasons Mr Joseph Harris built the rival Patcham tower mill.

" 'No' to windmill plan"

Note in the 'Doncaster Chronicle' that the Rural Council's planning committee had rejected Mr S. L. Webb's application to turn the disused windmill at Cantley into a home.

"100-year-old mill to be repaired"

Cutting from the 'Evening Standard' about the villagers of St Olave's Staithes are being helped raise funds for the repair of their windmill by the Norfolk and Suffolk Yacht Owners Association and the Broads Society.

"150-Year Mill Link"

Snippet from the 'Sunday Dispatch' how the last miller, Stanley Jupp, is to cease operating Outwood Mill and offer it to the National Trust.

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