Sussex Local - Storrington - August 2017

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Local Windmills

Windmills which still exist today The Rock Mill, Wa sh in g to n a smock mill built in 1823 and still working as a corn mill at the outbreak of the Great War. In 1919 the mill was converted into a house. The composer John Ireland bought the mill in 1953 and lived there until his death in 1962. Rock Mill shown left when it was a windmill, and below after it was converted into a house.

Meeten's Windmill (pictured below) was originally built at 'Monkmead' and moved to West Chiltington in 1838. This corn mill continued operating until 1922 and was then converted to a residence in 1928. It has two sweeps/sails but no mechanism to turn them. For a small river the Stor certainly worked hard for this area.

Photos and text courtesy of Storrington Museum The Old School, School Lane, Storrington, RH20 4LL Open: Wednesday, Saturday 10.00am - 4.00pm & Sunday 10.00am-1.00pm. Telephone: 01903 740188 or visit: www.storringtonmuseum.com

Local History / Computing

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Computer Care

Keeping your PC cool in the heatwave by Alan Stainer

Wow. What a scorcher it has been so far this year. On two such days in June, I braved the great indoors manning the Kinder Tech stand at the Drill Hall in Horsham for the Kinder Living Show. It was a busy time for us, with people bringing in laptops to be looked at and asking advice. One common problem, especially during the heatwave, was overheating. Computers really don’t fare well when they get too hot and generally slow down. In extreme cases they could even can suffer permanent damage. A simple heatwave isn’t going to do that by itself, but with the help of a little dust it could! Dust you creates a nice little insulating blanket, which restricts air flow and clogs up moving parts like fans. One family brought their laptop to the show. It was making a lot of noise. I said, “It’s probably dust clogging up the fan.” So I proceeded to clean it up with my air duster (imagine a very high powered hair dryer set to cold). When the laptop was switched back on the family all bent close trying to hear it. They couldn’t. It also ran a bit better afterwards. www.alansitsolutions.com


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