by Andrew Gill | Aug 7, 2021 | Gallery, Places, The Man on the Clapham Omnibus
It’s strange how perceptions change. There had been a windmill on the seafront at Lytham St. Annes since the 1830s but when the town was being gentrified in the 1860s, the new residents objected to this industrial eyesore spoiling their view. Later, the mill...
by Andrew Gill | Jul 18, 2021 | Gallery, Places
We are used to huge windmills scattered across the landscape producing electrical power. This one is a little older, with a different purpose. Located in Thorne, a market town near Doncaster, it would have been typical of its type, built by local craftsmen with...