One of the ironies of windpower is the contrast with the rustic, pre-industrial revolution image of traditional windmills. And some of them disappeared more recently than you might think. The black and white image below shows the windmill at what is now Longborns, from Mill Road (geddit?) in 1947.
The second image is the same view in 1965 and the third image is also 1965. I haven't checked the record for when the windmill stopped operating but by the 1960s its roof is in a state of some disarray. I'm sure if it had survived into the 1980s it would not have been knocked down but been reinvented as a characteristic yuppy residence with all mod cons.
Photos from the Lord Archive
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