A Couris Thing: the story of the English windmill (1968)

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"A film about some of the survivors of those thousands of mills that a hundred years ago were at work all over England"
Broadcast on BBC2, 31 Mar 1968.
01:44 Pakenham Mill, Suffolk
05:07 Bourn Mill, Cambridgeshire
06:22 Drinkstone Mill, Suffolk
10:01 Wrawby Post Mill, Lincolnshire
11:00 Norfolk drainage mills
11:40 Berney Arms Mill, Norfolk
14:08 Wicken Mill, Cambridgeshire
16:10 Union Mill, Cranbrook, Kent
16:22 Heckington Mill, Lincolnshire
16:57 Sutton Bridge Mill, Lincolnshire
17:05 Alford Mill, Lincolnshire
19:55 Sails for Hogg Hill Mill, Icklesham, Sussex
21:44 Chesterton Mill, Warwickshire
24:30 Over Mill, Cambridgeshire
25:40 Saxtead Green Mill, Suffolk
Narrated by Paul Tilley
Technical adviser Rex Wailes
Models by Raymond James
Dubbing mixer Mike Billing
Filmed by Douglas Fisher
Edited by Edward Robert
Written and produced by Malcolm Freegard

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@colinmayes9446 2 месяца назад

Windmills are fantastic examp[es of timber engineering, and stand as testament to the craftsman that built them.

@fanssmoothiesandantiques7443 6 месяцев назад

I’m an American. I wish we had these in our country.

@paulhorn2665 Месяц назад

You have! In Maine and L.A for example. Just google.

@julieblackstock8650 2 года назад

I was 2 when this was made, Its like a world away from today, sadly

@janoginski5557 Год назад

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.

@chrisboll1515 2 года назад

Strange to see myself at Chesterton so long ago...

@gwyneddboom2579 Год назад

Making all those parts is pretty darn impressive!

@everydaysabonus 3 месяца назад

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 👍

@mozdickson Год назад

Perfect production. Thank you.

@joshtrains-qr8ie 6 месяцев назад

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!

@ramamonato5039 Год назад

Received Pronunciation is employed in this old video. I feel comfortable hearing the sound.

@normlor Год назад

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!!

@diabolicalartificer Год назад

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?

@76lunnon Год назад

The Guvnor of Lincs FM

@iainclark5964 Год назад

The past is a foreign country, such a charming film not unlike the gems of the British Transport Film unit.

@rodpettet2819 8 месяцев назад

Fascinating and educational. I wonder if you could get a grant to upscale the video? It certainly deserves it.

@NOEGRUTS26 2 месяца назад

Pakenham windmill is in Suffolk near Ixworth

@shirleydrury5565 2 месяца назад

I live not fare from pakenham mill😊

@windyworm Год назад

Beautiful. Thank you for posting this. Did you ever see the circular sail windmill in Haverhill?

@ramamonato5039 Год назад

Looks like windmills in The Netherlands...big and have sails.

@normlor Год назад

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 Год назад

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.