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Benefit evening at The Windmill pub, Tuesday 23 August

Posted on 20 August 2011

Our next fundraising event is at The Windmill pub at 8pm on Tuesday 23 August. The Hobos and Fernando Reyes will be playing and there will be comedy from Vic Lambrusco and Glenda Read. Hope you’ll be able to come along.

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Restoration is officially completed – book a guided tour of the windmill

Posted on 19 August 2011

Good news – practical completion of the restoration of Brixton Windmill was signed off (at last!) on Wednesday 17 August. All certification is in place and we are on target to open the windmill for free public visits and guided tours … Continue reading →

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Art in the Park

Posted on 17 August 2011

The Friends held a successful Art in the Park event in Windmill Gardens on Sunday afternoon, 14 August 2011. Children enjoyed decorating T-shirts and plant pots, making masks, badges and model windmills and grown-ups made drawings and paintings of the … Continue reading →

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Friends practice turning the cap and operating the sails

Posted on 17 May 2011

A report by Nicholas Weedon On Wednesday 11 May, a group of Friends under the instruction of an experienced millwright ventured into the very top of the mill to learn how to operate the mechanisms for turning the cap into the wind … Continue reading →

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Update on National Mills Weekend cancelled opening

Posted on 15 May 2011

Late on Friday the Friends were told that Lambeth Council, who are the owners of this Grade II* listed building, had made the decision to cancel the opening this weekend (14 and 15 May) because of concerns about health and … Continue reading →

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