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Take a tour of Brixton Windmill on National Mills Weekend

May 03 2013 by Dee Byrne (92 views)
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Brixton Windmill will be opening to the public for guided tours in celebration of this year's National Mills Weekend, which falls on Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th May.

Waterpump - Adair & Co., Liverpool

May 01 2013 by Carl Ahlstrom (113 views)
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(via Simon Potter) Some years ago you helped us when we were restoring a windmill on Gotland, Sweden. Now we have a new project, a wind-powered waterpump.

Hot off the press!

March 04 2013 by Ron (399 views)
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An important and unusual book, "Mapping the windmill" represents a new approach to the literature of mills and the sheer quirkiness of the treatment meted out to windmills by the Ordnance Survey.

Millstone thefts in Sussex

February 10 2013 by Sussex Miller (307 views)
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These thieves stole five millstones from one Sussex Windmill. It would appear that they are using a lorry and hydraulic lifting equipment, as there was no evidence that the millstones had been rolled using manpower. Anyone who may have recently …

Sack scales

February 02 2013 by David Friend for Oldland Mill Trust (427 views)
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Oldland Windmill of Keymer Sussex, rebuilt to working order, now wishes to make flour for sale to offset our maintenance. The Thatched Inn kindly donated a set of sack scales which we would like to use but we have no …

Dampness through windmill walls

December 30 2012 by Matt and Claire Lakin (449 views)
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We live in a 1768 brick windmill and spent last year lime re-repointing outside and lime plastering inside. Over the last couple of months however large areas of damp have appeared on the inside of the walls.

Fancy painting a mill?

December 25 2012 by Ron (310 views)
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Here might be a good place to start. William Hill has pointed out that there are 1780 mill paintings only a click away.

Tilting at windmills

November 21 2012 by Fred Atkins (347 views)
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I came across this cigarette card on the internet showing a familiar Don Quixote scene with DQ attacking a giant/windmill. The scene includes two postmills.

Insurance and the restoration of Jack Windmill

November 08 2012 by Sussex Miller (707 views)
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In May 2012 Jack Windmill changed hands for the first time in 35 years. The new owners are keen to ensure that the ravages of time can be significantly reversed in order to bring the mill buildings back into a …