Woolpit, The Old Windmill c.1960
Photo ref:
W442030
Photo ref:
W442030
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This post mill was rebuilt in 1788 and 1844, retaining a main beam dated 1644. It was featured in an early film about milling in 1939, And Now They Rest. The mill was owned by the Elmer family until 1953, when it ceased working. In 1963 it was blown down in high winds, only hours before it was to be dismantled to repair Holton mill.
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Memories of Woolpit, the Old Windmill c1960
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We used to cycle to this old mill in the late 1960s and early 1970s when I lived in Woolpit. My brother found a large ammonite fossil in the clay near this site. There were the gravel pits nearby and we always used to joke about falling into the quicksand if you went too far in the puddles of water. We used to catch tadpoles too - fond memories. I live in Australia now but the site of this old windmill still sticks in my mind as an icon of my childhood. Does anyone have a similar memory?
I'm sure I remember a Harry Elmer......did he have a shop in Elmswell or did he rent out motor cars or even caravans from Woolpit? I was born in Elmswell in 1947 and the name certainly rings a very loud bell and was constantly mentioned in our household at the time.
Hi there. Harry Elmer (who I understand was my Grandad's brother) owned and ran this Mill into the 1940s. The Muggeridge Collection has some wonderful images of him replendent in the very gentlemanly working clothes of a miller of his ilk, and still working in his 80's. Anecdotally Elmers Mill in Woolpit and Drinkstone Mill close by were dead ringers for each other, except they ran (i.e. their sails ...see more
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