Removal of Windmill by Oxen

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Photograph showing the removal of an old Brighton windmill using Oxen. Copy from an old print, copied by Martin T. Mason and held by Kenneth G. Farries. Date is unknown as is the windmill itself.

Administrative / Biographical History

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Martin Thomas Mason was born in Fulham, London [1] to John Henry Mason, Teacher of Printing [2], and Edith Martha Rattee [3]. He married Gladys E C Clayden in Wandsworth, London in 1940 [4] and had 5 children.
His uncle, Thomas James Mason, bequeathed him his collection of Syd Simmons’ postcards, a notebook [SHOR-1118066] containing a list of the postcards, and a number of original black and white ink drawings by Karl Salsbury Wood.
He co-authored a book with Kenneth G Farries entitled The Windmills of Surrey and Inner London.
He died in December 1969

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Martin Thomas Mason was born in Fulham, London [1] to John Henry Mason, Teacher of Printing [2], and Edith Martha Rattee [3]. He married Gladys E C Clayden in Wandsworth, London in 1940 [4] and had 5 children.
His uncle, Thomas James Mason, bequeathed him his collection of Syd Simmons’ postcards, a notebook [SHOR-1118066] containing a list of the postcards, and a number of original black and white ink drawings by Karl Salsbury Wood.
He co-authored a book with Kenneth G Farries entitled The Windmills of Surrey and Inner London.
He died in December 1969

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