Newspaper cutting
The Times
Category
Ephemera
Date
13 Aug 1958
Materials
Newspaper
Measurements
211 x 197 mm
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Mr Straw's House, Nottinghamshire
NT 749747.34
Summary
1 of 128 Newspaper Cuttings; Subject - Windmills (plus a few watermills and a dovecote). A newspaper cutting of a picture of a windmill from NOTTINGHAM EVENING POST, AUGUST 13, 1958. Caption above; What's in a name? Underneath the picture is written: This is the house where George Green lived. Attached to it was his father's mill on Belvoir-hill, Sneinton. About a quarter-century ago, the mill tower got a new copper roof-cap in the hope that it would remain as a memory to the Nottingham genius. This picture was taken in 1939- eight years before a fire burned down the tower. The article goes on to tell the story of George Green..................
Makers and roles
The Times, printer and publisher