Newspaper cutting
The Times
Category
Ephemera
Date
13 Jul 1956
Materials
Newspaper
Measurements
213 x 228 mm
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Summary
1 of 128 Newspaper Cuttings; Subject - Windmills (plus a few watermills and a dovecote). A newspaper cutting taken from 'THE TIMES FRIDAY JULY 13 1956' newspaper. The page has a black and white photograph of a watermill in the centre. Heading above: SOME NOTES OF A WATERMILL COLLECTOR - HAPPY HUNTING BY THE SIDE OF ENGLISH RIVERS - FROM A CORRESPONDENT Underneath the correspondent writes about watermills versus windmills and the history: Though windmills are rarer than watermills and have whatever prestige may be conferred by a better Press I have always preferred watermills. ................... FOUND IN DOMESDAY; The mills that are mentioned in the Domesday survey are watermills. Windmills were a later introduction into England. ..................................
Makers and roles
The Times, printer and publisher