Posted by Mark Berry

Fri, May 13, 2011

The mill in question was Jolesfield mill, Sussex which Nevvar attempted to move to his hotel at Gatwick Manor.

Guy Blythman's bibliography lists the details of the pamphlet as "HICKMET, Nevvar, Wow, How Does One Move A Windmill: Here's How, privately published 1964".

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Sat, June 04, 2011

Anthony Bryan commented in Facebook: re your note "Moving Windmills".
"I have a copy of the Hickmet pamphlet. Nevvar Hickmet was a London restauranteur that became interested in developing a new business at County Oak on the old A23 road north of Crawley new town, in the late 1950's. Gatwick airport was rapidly expanding at the time and Nevvar Hickmet decided to purchase the structure of Jolesfield windmill and re-erect it at his new Gatwick Manor business as a landmark. Alas, only a prefabricated dummy windmill was ever erected on the site. It looked nothing like the old Jolesfield windmill."

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