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"War and Windmills"

Note in the 'West Lancashire Evening Gazette' drawing attention to the work of S.P.A.B. in helping preserve some of our earliest windmills, but within 10 years none may be left. Examples given are a mill dating from 1636 at Bourne in Cambridgeshire, one of the Outwood mills in Surrey (probably the post mill), and the mill on the site of the battlefield of Edgehill.

"Some Old Watermills"

Article in 'The Austin Magazine', published for their car owners, suggesting picturesque water mills their owners might like to visit.

"Eashing Mill, Surrey"

Letter to the Editor of 'The Daily Telegraph' from Mr J. C. Llewellyn Smith, of Hindhead, pleading for some efforts to be made to save the "delightful" mill at Eashing being turned into a 'roadhouse'.

"Windmill Stays"

Note in a local paper that Lambeth Council has decided to preserve the windmill on Brixton Hill, because it is surrounded by a childrens' playground.

"Working Mill"

Letter to the Editor of an unknown paper from Miss Barbara J. Smith, of Sutton, Surrey, about Outwood Mill near Reigate, Surrey, where stone-ground wholemeal flour is produced every Sunday afternoon by the Thomas brothers.

"Notable Achievement"

Cutting from the 'Wandsworth Borough News' recording that the target of £500 for the renovation of the windmill on Wimbledon Common has been reached after just a few months, which shows how popular it is locally.

"Battle of the Windmill"

Article in 'The Wimbledon News' about the efforts that Rentokil Labs of Croydon have been putting in to defeat the woodworm infestation in the windmill on the Common.

"£20,000 appeal to save mill"

Piece in 'The Daily Telegraph' detailing the various afflictions that can affect an old windmill: and which the Wimbledon Common mill is victim to , along with the address to which to send contributions.

"Mill Appeal brings glimpse into the past"

Article in the 'Wandsworth Borough News' about the widely spread parts of the country from which contributions to Commons Conservator Col. Lambert's Appeal Fund have come, and the stories that have accompanied them.

"Replacing windmill sweeps blown off in gale"

Photo and caption in an East Sussex paper [that contains an advert for a sale in September 1968] showing E. Hole and Frank Agate, two employees of Messrs E. Hole and Son of Burgess Hill, preparing two replacements for the sweeps blown off Argos Hill mill in the gale in December 1967. Various other mills on which the firm had worked are given.

"The Oldest Working Mill"

Letter from J D Ward of Minehead to 'The Field'about the 'Jack' and 'Jill' windmills at Outwood Common near Horley, Surrey, stating that the post mill Jill, built in 1665, is the oldest working mill in Britain.

"The Disappearing Windmills of Kent"

Cutting from "Kent Evening Echo". The article likens the English landscape with windmills to Rembrant's canvas painting "The Mill", but the windmills have rapidly disappeared with few remaining.

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