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Fire at Calcot Mill, Tilehurst

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1966

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The fire brigade are in attendance putting out the fire, which occurred in November 1966

"Mapledurham Mill"

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No date

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Demolition of Abbey Mill

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1964

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The demolition of Abbey Mill, Abbey Street and Abbey Square. The view is towards Abbey Square, with the back of the Prudential Assurance building, surrounded by scaffolding, in the background. To the left, one of the waterwheels is revealed, part of the gearing, and the northern arch of the medieval mill.

Sindlesham Mill, Earley

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c.1900

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Photograph by Llewellyn Treacher from the white album

Sindlesham Mill, Earley

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1900

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Photograph by Llewellyn Treacher

Rowing boats moored by Sindlesham Mill, Earley

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c.1900

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Two millers, looking very dusty, and a small dog, stand on the bridge. The water-wheel is visible behind.

"Thames at Streatley, with Streatley mill in the centre of the picture"

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No date

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Burghfield Mill

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1939

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Scan of a pencil drawing by Edgar Merry, in the album "Reading and District as it Was," compiled by Reginald W. Ford, p. 35. The mill was damaged by fire, 10 November 1941.

Streatley Mill, looking along the mill stream

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Early 20th century

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Pen and ink drawing tinted with watercolour, unsigned, but probably by Reginald W. Ford, in the album "Reading and District as it Was," p. 27, compiled by Mr. Ford.

Burghfield Mill, from across the river.

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c.1935

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The Mill House is to the left in the photograph.

Caversham Mill

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1926

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Scan of a pen-and-ink drawing by Reginald W. Ford, in the album, "Reading and District as it Was," p. 12, compiled by Mr. Ford. There is a caption, "Caversham Mill, from a snapshot I took in 1926."

The brick foundations of Nettlebed Windmill

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1912

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The brick foundations of Nettlebed Windmill, with burned timbers, after the fire of 1912. 1910-1919: scan of a postcard. from the album "Reading and District as it Was," compiled by Reginald W. Ford, p. 82. The caption reads: "Ruins of Nettlebed Windmill," and it is numbered 2042.

Arborfield Mill

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1930s

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The structure resembles a castle with crenelations, and there in an arch over the mill-stream. Scan of newspaper photograph in the album "Reading and District as it Was," compiled by Reginald W. Ford, p. 60.

Sandford Mill, Sandford Lane, Woodley, looking along the mill stream

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Early 20th century

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The mill house is to the left. Scan of newspaper photograph in the album "Reading and District as it Was," compiled by Reginald W. Ford, p. 60B.

Arborfield Mill, showing the arch over the mill-stream, and the crenellated building above

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c 1925

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Pen-and-ink drawing by R. W. Ford, in the album "Reading and District as it Was," compiled by Mr. Ford, p. 60.

Nettlebed Windmill, with the canvas sails in place

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1906

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There is a wooden building to the left, and Windmill Cottage is to the right, behind a fence. It is a scan of a photograph from the "Reading Standard," 28 April 1906, in the album "Reading and District as it Was," compiled by Reginald W. Ford.

Waterwheel on the Thames at Buscot

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1902

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The waterwheel was used in the cultivation and distillation of beetroot to make brandy.

Mill House, Twyford

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c.1935

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A photograph showing part of Mill House, and to the right of it a row of three-storey cottages built for silk workers on the High Street. The cottages were demolished in 1937.

Nettlebed Windmill

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1906

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The Windmill, appears over the brow of a hill. It is a scan of a postcard in the album, "Reading and District as it Was," compiled by Reginald W. Ford.

Denford Mill, on the River Kennet, near Hungerford.

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c.1980

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