The Worthing Heritage Alliance
SOCIETY NEWS
MEMBER: HIGH SALVINGTON WINDMILL TRUST
AAsAS At: ss 10 th DECEMBER 2016
ABOUT US: Our aim is to have 4 windmills on the Mill Field at Furze Road; all working and all with a history. Two are working now and two are work in progress – see Latest News below. On our Summer Sunday Open Days - see Calendar below – guided tours are available for visitors (disabled access very limited, sadly), souvenir samples of our stoneground wholemeal flour can be purchased in the shop, and refreshments with home- made cakes enjoyed! Extra Events include the Summer Fete, Classic Cars Day and Crafts Fair. Pre-arranged school visits and private groups are welcome – see Contacts below.
High Salvingon Mill Trust was formed in 1976, some 200 years or so after the black post mill of High Salvington was built. The Mill worked till about 1900, then survived as tearooms while all other Worthing mills disappeared. When bought by Worthing Council, for the town, in 1959, our Mill was in a poor state as it had been poorly maintained. Indeed, to prevent it from falling down a millwright was commissioned to carry out sufficient remedial work. But when further structural repair was required, as the Mill again was in danger of collapse, High Salvington Mill Trust was inaugurated. The task of its Volunteer members was to raise the body of the mill (the buck), weighing some 26 tons, by 18 inches; and so to replace the basic infrastructure. It was then, with the mill safe, sound and made weatherproof, that a complete restoration of mill and machinery could be envisaged, and undertaken. The mill ground flour again for the first time in 90 years on 4th April 1991, and has done so – wind permitting - ever since.
Our second working mill is a small black hollow-post windmill brought to High Salvington in 2006. In the 19th Century it stood on Glynde Reach, just west of Glynde station, to pump water and, we believe, prevent limekilns there from flooding. After the kilns were removed it was left abandoned on site for 60 years and was then partially restored, before coming to High Salvington to return it to full working order.
LATEST NEWS:
A ‘fan’ windmill was bought by the Trust in 2013 from Nutley, East Sussex. This type was common in Durrington 100 years ago to pump water for the nurseries of the area. Pumping water for a farm’s use was the first job of this mill, but when Italian POWs installed mains water in the 1940s, another use for it was found! A dynamo and propeller were fixed on a mast above the fan (putting it out of use), so that it generated electricity for a cottage in the woods. Mains electricity was later installed so it again became redundant. Our volunteers are working hard to solve the problems of getting this odd machine to work in both functions again, but on separate bases. The groundwork for these is being installed this winter.
CHAIRMAN : CONTACT : Tom Wye E-Mail: [email protected]
WEB SITE : www.highsalvingtonwindmill.co.uk ANNUAL SUB:
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The Worthing Heritage Alliance
SOCIETY NEWS
MEMBER: HIGH SALVINGTON MILL TRUST
AS At: 10th DECEMBER 2016
CALENDAR OF FORTHCOMING EVENTS (At Mill Field in Furze Road unless otherwise stated)
DATE EVENT LOCATION EVENT DETAILS (ddmonyy) & TIME Trust Board Meeting 23Jan17 Town Hall 7.30pm
VOLUNTEERS COFFEE MORNING 19Mar17 10.30am for 11.00am
Open afternoon 02Apr17 2.30pm to 5.00pm
Open afternoon 16Apr17 2.30pm to 5.00pm
Trust Board Meeting 24Apr17 Town Hall 7.30pm
Open afternoon 07May17 2.30pm to 5.00pm
NATIONAL MILLS DAY(Radio Club) 14May17 2.30pm to 5.00pm
Open afternoon 21May17 2.30pm. to 5.00pm
Open afternoon (TO INCLUDE BOOK FAIR) 04Jun17 2.30pm. to 5.00pm
TRUST ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 16Jun17 8.00pm
Open afternoon 18Jun17 2.30pm. to 5.00pm
Social Gathering - Tea at the Mill 24Jun17 2.00pm – 4.00pm
Open afternoon 02Jul17 2.30pm. to 5.00pm
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The Worthing Heritage Alliance
SOCIETY NEWS
MEMBER: HIGH SALVINGTON MILL TRUST
As At: 10th DECEMBER 2016
CALENDAR OF FORTHCOMING EVENTS (Continued)
DATE EVENT LOCATION EVENT DETAILS (ddmonyy) & TIME FETE DAY 09Jul17 2.00pm to 5.00pm
Open afternoon 16Jul17 2.30pm to 5.00pm
Trust Board Meeting 24Jul17 Town Hall 7.30pm
CAR CLUB DAY 06Aug17 2.30pm to 5.00pm
Open afternoon and Table Top Sale 20Aug17 2.30pm. to 5.00pm
Open afternoon 03Sep17 2.30pm. to 5.00pm
AUTUMN CRAFT DAY 10Sep17 11.00am to 5.00pm
Open afternoon 17Sep17 2.30pm to 5.00pm
Trust Board Meeting 23Oct17 Town Hall 7.30pm
FAMILY CAROL EVENING 15Dec17 7.15pm
CHAIRMAN : CONTACT :Tom Wye E-Mail: [email protected] WEB SITE : www.highsalvingtonwindmill.co.uk ANNUAL SUB:
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