I grew up down the road from this windmill! I passed it regularly but only went to visit once as a kid but it didn't work for years. Lovely to see it running again, thank you!
I'm from the Netherlands so I've seen plenty of mills, in primary school we went to visit the windmill close by which pumped water up, it's quite a fun trip for kids. And, when I was little my mom did get her flour at another windmill, I always liked coming along as a kid, they always gave me a handful of raisins for free :)
We have lots of Windmills in Northern Germany. Very pretty to see because they are mostly build with bricks and in „dutch style“. I imagine they were even better back then because, as my grandfather told me, there were A LOT less trees back then. Making Northern Germany basically a place where you could see everything.
@@pedanticknight They wrote it in English. I'm applying ruled of English language. Why are you defending ignorant illiteracy and what is good about it? Be intelligent. Or be stupid.
NeatO! 😄👍 The only time I tried grinding flour it was using (prepared) acorns and two rocks at a demonstration at school. Whole lot of work (age 7 maybe) for some tiny, adorable fried cakes. Finest plain doughnut I've ever had. Please note acorns must be properly treated to be safe to eat; as I recall, the tannins must be removed.
Correct. Acorns are put in bags and either hot leached in boiling water or cold leached in running water. (If you want to make flour, cold leached the acorns)
Is so sad, here in east Yorkshire there's loads of windmills but they're all either deralics abandoned or half destroyed. They're scary looking up close but I love them I wanna see loads more working around me like the skidby mill which was our last before it got shut down for good 😔
@@AndrewOliverHome I have checked around and there's definitely a windmill in flambrough but I've never seen it. Only the old lighthouse (where old tower like buildings are concerned)
In Virginia at Colonial Williamsburg they have a reconstruction of a windmill they believe was in the area in the 1700’s. What I find interesting is the whole building , not just the top, is on a center post that can pivot to get the best results from the wind. Thank you for all the quality content.
I live about 40 miles from Spring Mill State Park near Mitchell, Indiana, where there's a working three-storey grist mill, built of stone, powered by water flowing from a cave nearby. It's magnificent outside and inside, with a huge overshot water wheel and massive wooden cogs turning a stone that is about four or five feet in diameter. They grind corn (maize) and have bags of it for sale. The "flour" is coarse grained, and tastes pretty good just raw. Reminds me of the story of a young Abraham Lincoln taking corn to the mill. The miller wasn't a fast mover, and Lincoln said, "I believe I could eat that flour as fast as you're milling it." The miller asks, how long do you think you could keep that up, and Lincoln replied, "Until I starve to death."
Just outside London, but if you go to Mountnessing in Essex, there's an amazing Windmill that moves by itself into the wind, and grinds flour by wind power while you're inside. Pretty damn cool.
My local windmill and good to see it restored and back in good condition. I was in an awful state for such a long time. I know it well, my dad used to help run guided tours of it
I've been to a bunch of historic mills, but around here windmills just weren't a thing due to how many creeks with enough flow for running a mill there are, so this was really cool.
I didn’t know about this windmill or some of the others mentioned in the comments, so thank you all for future research days out! In case any other Londoners are looking for some windmill days out there is also one in Shirley near Croydon (called Shirley Windmill I think, if you want to look it up) and we accidentally stumbled across a very rare open day for one in Keston in Bromley borough, called Keston Windmill.
I love this idea! There should be so many more of these! The rotating top section is brilliant, a true engineering marvel! Did it do that in the original design?
As a child I went to Outwood Windmill for a school trip, although that is a little out of the London boundaries being in Surrey. I think it’s in private hands now and not visitable but I remember having an inspired day out there.
I recommend the BRIXTON windmill. Ok the Prison (its right next to brixton prison) isn't free to visit but the windmill Pub right next to it is one of the best in London for new bands - most nights so get down there!! What's more it's free to get in before 9 o'clock,thereafter a fiver or at least it was last time I went...
Always one to get the wrong end of the stick, I have to ask: what's a "boater day"? Is it just a day on which the weather is pleasant enough that one can wear a boater?
We used to be able to grind flour at our 1840s creek mill just outside of Chicago, but record flooding from 10 years ago put a cork on that because Salt Creek is notoriously polluted. The mill remains open to visitors, so the machines still run in the basement.
I'm having difficulty watching the first boater day of the year when I am in the an Arctic blast in the USA. Regardless, I love to hear about timber frame restorations.
Do you have recommendations for what area to stay in, how to get around and and the best things to do and see if you only have maybe four days there? It's very intimidating trying to plan a trip!!
Straw Hat Day (traditional date to switch from felt to straw hats) isn’t until May 15. Maybe that’s a US thing. Still much too cold and windy for boaters here. And don’t wear them too late in September or you get the Straw Hat Riots of 1922.
Right, so all I need to do is drive 3 hours from home to mid-Canterbury in the South Island of New Zealand, thresh a sackful of grain, put that and myself on a 14 hour plane journey to London, then make flour. Couldn't be simpler 😂
I grew up down the road from this windmill! I passed it regularly but only went to visit once as a kid but it didn't work for years. Lovely to see it running again, thank you!
Me too! (But in Hornchurch, not Upminster.)
Growing up down sounds bad good
I'm from the Netherlands so I've seen plenty of mills, in primary school we went to visit the windmill close by which pumped water up, it's quite a fun trip for kids. And, when I was little my mom did get her flour at another windmill, I always liked coming along as a kid, they always gave me a handful of raisins for free :)
Netherlands looking at the disappointing number of windmills in the UK: Pathetic
My town has an around 500 year old windmill ,but its being renovated all the time
Out of curiosity where is that 500 year old wind mill?
@@user-ur9jj2hn9k I won't tell you where I live
@@user-ur9jj2hn9kNo offense, but I don’t think he wants to get doxxed
We have lots of Windmills in Northern Germany.
Very pretty to see because they are mostly build with bricks and in „dutch style“.
I imagine they were even better back then because, as my grandfather told me, there were A LOT less trees back then. Making Northern Germany basically a place where you could see everything.
"built"
@@user-dh6bj2me5p could you write what they have written in german without any errors?
@@pedanticknight They wrote it in English.
I'm applying ruled of English language.
Why are you defending ignorant illiteracy and what is good about it?
Be intelligent.
Or be stupid.
@@pedanticknightikr? There’s always gotta be a Captain Literal in every feed and it’s so very annoying.
@@user-dh6bj2me5p *bluit
NeatO! 😄👍
The only time I tried grinding flour it was using (prepared) acorns and two rocks at a demonstration at school. Whole lot of work (age 7 maybe) for some tiny, adorable fried cakes. Finest plain doughnut I've ever had.
Please note acorns must be properly treated to be safe to eat; as I recall, the tannins must be removed.
Correct. Acorns are put in bags and either hot leached in boiling water or cold leached in running water. (If you want to make flour, cold leached the acorns)
Is so sad, here in east Yorkshire there's loads of windmills but they're all either deralics abandoned or half destroyed. They're scary looking up close but I love them I wanna see loads more working around me like the skidby mill which was our last before it got shut down for good 😔
You could just pop down to London. These days, a train to London only costs all your life's savings and has a nearly 50% chance of showing up.
I love seeing the ones by the golf course at Flamborough Head
@@mnm1273 that's hilarious 🤣🤣🤣👏👌
yeah I was just there yesterday, they have the old lighthouse there too which is nice to see
@@AndrewOliverHome I have checked around and there's definitely a windmill in flambrough but I've never seen it. Only the old lighthouse (where old tower like buildings are concerned)
I am Dutch, I can see a windmill from my window.
Also a bicycle parking lot with a few hundred bicycles on it.
No tulips though
Well, you know what to do. Go grab some seeds, some gardening tools, and find a nice spot.
Do you see any klompen?
I had a pair of wooden clogs. I wouldn't wear them on a hike, but they were perfect for gardening.
@fbalter tulip bulbs used to be very expensive. I think that the price came down, though.
I used to live there - not the windmill, obviously - but locally. Fifty years ago. It wasn't operational back then (as you say).
Many of the La Mancha windmills are still in working order.
I spent my teens living in Upminster but haven't had any reason to want to go back since. Now at last, with my 60+ Oyster card, I have that reason.
The third person from the area - I was one and someone else commented. I'm also 60+ but moved up north 45 years ago. The Pennines are very nice.
Thank you. It's very thoughtful of you to indicate that the visitor's center is free. Good on you
In Virginia at Colonial Williamsburg they have a reconstruction of a windmill they believe was in the area in the 1700’s. What I find interesting is the whole building , not just the top, is on a center post that can pivot to get the best results from the wind. Thank you for all the quality content.
I live about 40 miles from Spring Mill State Park near Mitchell, Indiana, where there's a working three-storey grist mill, built of stone, powered by water flowing from a cave nearby. It's magnificent outside and inside, with a huge overshot water wheel and massive wooden cogs turning a stone that is about four or five feet in diameter. They grind corn (maize) and have bags of it for sale. The "flour" is coarse grained, and tastes pretty good just raw.
Reminds me of the story of a young Abraham Lincoln taking corn to the mill. The miller wasn't a fast mover, and Lincoln said, "I believe I could eat that flour as fast as you're milling it." The miller asks, how long do you think you could keep that up, and Lincoln replied, "Until I starve to death."
I drove by Spring Mill twice today, swung through the park the second time. Only saw one other visiting vehicle, so very cold today.
Thats my hometown! When into the inside when I was little, it was amazing!
*waves* I grew up just the other side of the windmill, down the road in Hornchurch.:)
I like how the 3D model that exists in 3D wood it's not the one that was 3D.
And it still made 100% sense.
Linguistics ftw :)
I love your content ❤. Also their length is perfectly synchronized to my attention span 😂.
Me too. No clue how people watch these 3 and 4 hour videos especially on the most boring topics. Ms. Draper’s content is always interesting! 😊
Just outside London, but if you go to Mountnessing in Essex, there's an amazing Windmill that moves by itself into the wind, and grinds flour by wind power while you're inside. Pretty damn cool.
In my town, our windmill was built around 1750 or between 1700 and 1720, conflicting info, but theres been a windmill there since 1615
My local windmill and good to see it restored and back in good condition. I was in an awful state for such a long time. I know it well, my dad used to help run guided tours of it
So how do you know when it's the first boater day? (Very nice, btw.)
It's so good to see this being restored. Wind power is majestic!
I've been to a bunch of historic mills, but around here windmills just weren't a thing due to how many creeks with enough flow for running a mill there are, so this was really cool.
This looks like so much fun! Thank you for sharing.
I didn’t know about this windmill or some of the others mentioned in the comments, so thank you all for future research days out! In case any other Londoners are looking for some windmill days out there is also one in Shirley near Croydon (called Shirley Windmill I think, if you want to look it up) and we accidentally stumbled across a very rare open day for one in Keston in Bromley borough, called Keston Windmill.
I love this idea! There should be so many more of these! The rotating top section is brilliant, a true engineering marvel! Did it do that in the original design?
Windmills have had moving tops for centuries.
@@ImperialistRunningDo I did not know that! Mind blown!🤯 I guess I just didn't grow up in windmill territory. Wish I had, though!
It would look better with Mr Porter, Harbottle and Albert hanging on to the sails. 😁
Love your content
As a child I went to Outwood Windmill for a school trip, although that is a little out of the London boundaries being in Surrey. I think it’s in private hands now and not visitable but I remember having an inspired day out there.
There's a post mill in the middle of Berlin. It's a reconstruction from the 1994 of a mill from 1815.
It’s great to see that the management went to so much (drum roll….) trouble at mill….😂
I love the way you dress 🥰
I recommend the BRIXTON windmill. Ok the Prison (its right next to brixton prison) isn't free to visit but the windmill Pub right next to it is one of the best in London for new bands - most nights so get down there!! What's more it's free to get in before 9 o'clock,thereafter a fiver or at least it was last time I went...
Very interesting! Love it.
There's also a windmill in Brixton, though it looks like you have to book for the full tour and it's only open one weekend a month.
Always one to get the wrong end of the stick, I have to ask: what's a "boater day"? Is it just a day on which the weather is pleasant enough that one can wear a boater?
I love your channel I can’t wait to visit England someday.
I think the English word for turning the upper part of the millis "to spill" . In Holland we have the nice word "kruien".
Your TikTok delay can cause weather whiplash! First boater day in January indeed!
Windmills are so cool. Brilliant innovation.
That's so cool!
Upminster is traditionally Essex, but the government moved the border without asking the locals.
Hahaha I like that you can see the model windmill hit the camera a couple of times
You make me want to move to london!
So interesting!
We used to be able to grind flour at our 1840s creek mill just outside of Chicago, but record flooding from 10 years ago put a cork on that because Salt Creek is notoriously polluted. The mill remains open to visitors, so the machines still run in the basement.
I'm having difficulty watching the first boater day of the year when I am in the an Arctic blast in the USA. Regardless, I love to hear about timber frame restorations.
I'm with you. I'm spending boater day in my polar-grade parka. I feel like Scott of the Antartic. I am just going outside and may be some time.
Do you have recommendations for what area to stay in, how to get around and and the best things to do and see if you only have maybe four days there? It's very intimidating trying to plan a trip!!
Manual labor done in small quantities via obsolete methods just keeps on being marketed as hands on education.
ohhh the 1st boater day? that explains why my workplace which is a boating center is starting up operations again!
Straw Hat Day (traditional date to switch from felt to straw hats) isn’t until May 15. Maybe that’s a US thing. Still much too cold and windy for boaters here. And don’t wear them too late in September or you get the Straw Hat Riots of 1922.
Boater hat day is tied to the Boat Race calendar in the UK. The season starts in November
Aww, they look a little like Mary Poppins
Purtty lady say neato stuff.
Will they have a miller who gets drunk on cider? 😄
Looks suspiciously similar to Dutch windmills…
As long as you are turning with the wind... could you go just a bit afield and give us oast houses?
Of course theres also Wimbledon windmill
Hey there!
Is there a windmill in Camberwell/ Walworth ? I have a memory of one being there near burgess park
My mill grinds / pepper and spice
Jonathan Creeks house lmao
It isn't. Wrong part of the country.
I wish I had a quern of my own.
Mills unchained women from the quernstone.
Isn't the point of a windmill that it's the thing that powers the flour-grinding millstone instead of your arm?
First Boater day?
Never dis a day when you can wear a boater.
Happy Boater Day Jenny
Can you grind am assortment of flours?
Isn't that Jonathan Creek's house??
That one is in Horsham, Sussex
Is this the Jonathan Creek windmill?
No, the Jonathan Creek one in in Sussex
Glad I’m not the only one who wondered this.
Right, so all I need to do is drive 3 hours from home to mid-Canterbury in the South Island of New Zealand, thresh a sackful of grain, put that and myself on a 14 hour plane journey to London, then make flour.
Couldn't be simpler 😂
Just move to London permanently. Problem solved.
"Super easy, barely an inconvenience" ...Pitch Meeting
@lilmelvin11 🤣🤣 It would be an entertaining meeting, to be sure 😄
Sounds like a plan.
You have to grind flour by hand at a windmill?!?!?! Weak.
January is boater weather? You people are hardy.
Londoners pretending to do work for fun? Yeah thats sounds like the right about of bougie for London
Thats a stupid windmill what does it do make bread pathetic I wouldn’t even be surprised if it never pumped water before/s
Too bad you have to go to Upm*nester to see it.
Well, you can get the tube to Upminster Bridge, closest station.