Windmills are fantastic examp[es of timber engineering, and stand as testament to the craftsman that built them.
@vaudevillian73 ай бұрын
Having grown up in a mill I love to see them working still, just beautiful engineering
@cucukikiable4 ай бұрын
I have loved windmills since I was a child, especially the AERMOTOR American styles. I always dreamed of having one. When I started working, I saved up little by little to buy one and finally I bought it, my dream came true. I love my Aermotor #8 windmill. Thanks for the video ♥ 🙏🏼 Windmills are wonderfull and strong giants 💪
@chrisboll15152 жыл бұрын
Strange to see myself at Chesterton so long ago...
@gwyneddboom25792 жыл бұрын
Making all those parts is pretty darn impressive!
@rodpettet2819 Жыл бұрын
Fascinating and educational. I wonder if you could get a grant to upscale the video? It certainly deserves it.
@mozdickson2 жыл бұрын
Perfect production. Thank you.
@fansandvintage2008 Жыл бұрын
I’m an American. I wish we had these in our country.
@paulhorn26657 ай бұрын
You have! In Maine and L.A for example. Just google.
@normlor Жыл бұрын
ONE VIDEO I LOVED WAS THE STORY OF CHRISTMAS ON THE VICTORIAN FARM. THIS SHOWED A WORKING WINDMILL AND WAS FASCINATING. I'VE ALWAYS LOVE HISTORY LIKE THIS!!
@everydaysabonus9 ай бұрын
Love these videos, I always dreamt of buying an old windmill to live on, but it wasn’t meant to be. Looking forward to watching the rest of the back catalogue of vids 👍
@cucukikiable4 ай бұрын
Buy one make your dream true!!! Me too I love windmills and I bougth one aermotor american style windmill and I love it ♥
@everydaysabonus4 ай бұрын
@@cucukikiable back in 86 there was an old water tower for sale near me that was £20k which was the same price I had just paid for a 4 bedroom semi, it was an empty shell with no roof and hardly any land, I still keep looking for one either a roof and a bit more land 😂
@NoelShelley3 ай бұрын
That you can only get to Burney arms mill by boat is an oft repeated myth ! In the 70s and 80s we would often drive over to the mill for a beer and some lighthearted amusement watching the hire craft arrive on a Saturday evening. The track starts at Wickhampton church, crossing the railway line just west of Burney Arms station and then on to the mill. One night the autumnal mists came down and we had a bit of a problem until we realised that not one but 2 new gates had been fitted on the same field !
@NorfolkWindmillsTrust3 ай бұрын
That might have been possible in the 70s or 80s, we don't know, but the route you describe certainly wouldn't work now. The track from Wickhampton ends at the Weaver's Way long distance path. This does go south-east to Berney Arms Mill but the route can be difficult to walk at certain times of the year, let alone navigate with a vehicle. Other tracks that lead to Berney Arms are not public roads, so using them would be trespassing. And sadly, the Berney Arms Inn has been closed for a while now in any case.
@ramamonato5039 Жыл бұрын
Received Pronunciation is employed in this old video. I feel comfortable hearing the sound.
@julieblackstock86502 жыл бұрын
I was 2 when this was made, Its like a world away from today, sadly
@janoginski55572 жыл бұрын
Hi Julie, I was 18 & yes it is a World away from this time. I’m glad I lived through those now distant Times. It was a Golden Age. We had horses on the farm, I think we purchased our 1st tractor between 1960 & 62, it was a Massey Ferguson 35x, we had an old Mill, a water Mill but virtually all the workings had been stripped out, the Mill pond was still there but largely silted up. Rather sad. But none the less it was an amazing time to live through, a privilege. I often think back to all the folks that inhabited that time, the old timers, they hold a special place in my heart, once my generation has past, they will vanish in the Mists of Time, and that is somehow unbearable.
@joshtrains-qr8ie11 ай бұрын
That windmill at the start is called over windmill near Longstanton in Cambridgeshire. You can see here this is what the area looked like before The Cambridge Guided Busway Got introduce. It is very facinating to look at and has a lot of history and is still fully working to this day!
@olliedennison86505 ай бұрын
The windmill at the start is actually Pakenham Windmill in Suffolk - Over windmill features near the end
@joshtrains-qr8ie5 ай бұрын
@@olliedennison8650 ok thanks can you tell me what part?
@olliedennison86505 ай бұрын
@@joshtrains-qr8ie 24:25
@joshtrains-qr8ie5 ай бұрын
@@olliedennison8650 thank you
@NOEGRUTS268 ай бұрын
Pakenham windmill is in Suffolk near Ixworth
@shirleydrury55658 ай бұрын
I live not fare from pakenham mill😊
@windyworm Жыл бұрын
Beautiful. Thank you for posting this. Did you ever see the circular sail windmill in Haverhill?
@diabolicalartificer2 жыл бұрын
A lot of the mills mentioned are still here in Lincolnshire, I live about 5m from Heckington. The film said a lot of the renovations of these mills was funded by local councils, long gone are those days, now they can't even keep the library's open, starved of cash by the Government: how did we let this happen?
@76lunnon2 жыл бұрын
The Guvnor of Lincs FM
@outoftownr3906Ай бұрын
Wasting all our taxes on a health service that should have been privatised years ago & illegal immigrants
@keithjones842428 күн бұрын
Letting people into the country that have no bond to the land. No pride in the glorious history of England. Without it. None of us would be where we are. And free.
@yan24to2 күн бұрын
Lived at East Heckington,a long time ago.
@iainclark5964 Жыл бұрын
The past is a foreign country, such a charming film not unlike the gems of the British Transport Film unit.
@ramamonato5039 Жыл бұрын
Looks like windmills in The Netherlands...big and have sails.
@richiec90779 ай бұрын
I bet that took a lot of skill and know how just to get them thimgs going
@innerconnectics869810 ай бұрын
6:17
@76lunnon2 жыл бұрын
christ, have you ever been to coddo camp?!
@normlor Жыл бұрын
I THINK ALL THESE RESTORED MILLS SHOULD BE WORKING TO ACTUALLY GRIND CORN OR WHEAT OR EVEN RICE. IT SEEMS A PITY TO JUST HAVE THEM STANDING THERE LOOKING MAJESTIC!!
@normlor Жыл бұрын
I'VE JUST HAD AN IDEA TO BE ABLE TO UNFURL HUGE WINDMILL SAILS WITHOUT HAVING TO CLIMB UP 40 FEET. IF THE SAILS WERE WRAPPED AROUND A CYLINDER AS HIGH AS THE BLADE ITSELF AND HELD IN PLACE AT THE TOP BY A CHANNEL. THOSE SAILS COULD BE SETUP IN SECONDS.
@normlor Жыл бұрын
A GREAT VIDEO BUT IF HOLLYWOOD CAN INCREASE THE 1939 FILM'S PICTURE QUALITY, SO CAN YOU AS THIS IS BARELY VISIBLE!!