Tag Archives: Training

Training day for volunteer guides on 6 August

Posted on 16 July 2011 by

We’re organising another one-day training session for new volunteer stewards and guides on Saturday 6 August. The training session will be held at St Paul’s Community Centre (Church House), 24 Blenheim Gardens, Brixton SW2 5BZ, which is behind the Windmill pub on Blenheim … Continue reading →

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Millwright trainees

Posted on 22 January 2011 by

If you’ve followed some of the restoration work going on at Brixton Windmill and you’d like to know more about the work of millwrights, this video highlights the training of five millwrights, funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, in the … Continue reading →

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Volunteer guides needed

Posted on 17 January 2011 by

As a condition of the grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Friends of Windmill Gardens have to provide 50 volunteers to act as guides to the windmill once it opens to the public on 2 May. We held one … Continue reading →

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Health and Safety briefing

Posted on 5 November 2010 by

Yesterday four members of the Friends donned safety boots, hard hats and high visibility jackets for a Health & Safety briefing with site manager Ulrika. The briefing is necessary as several Friends are visiting the windmill site on a regular … Continue reading →

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