Holgate windmill produces first flour in 80 years (From York Press)
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Holgate windmill produces first flour in 80 years
9:59am Tuesday 2nd October 2012 in News
By Mike Laycock, Chief reporter
Bob Anderton, who has worked on the mill since its restoration, sits in the engine room at the top of Holgate Windmill with a bag of flour
THE restoration of an historic York windmill has reached a climax with the production of its first flour.
The Holgate Windmill, a Grade-II listed building and the city’s last remaining windmill, has undergone a ten-year restoration programme.
Now, with the sails finally turning, the mill has started producing its own wholemeal, stoneground flour.
Bob Anderton, former chairman of the Holgate Windmill Preservation Society, said it was the first time flour had been created there since about 1932 and its production was the culmination of the society’s long-held ambition.
He said bags of flour were currently being given away, but once the society was licensed for sales, it would be sold at the mill shop and also to wholefood shops and restaurants, and a supermarket was interested in selling it as well.
Income raised would go towards the cost of maintaining the mill.
He said the windmill had been in a ‘parlous’ state in 2000 when a group of residents got together and called a public meeting to see if there was sufficient support for restoring it.
Seventy people turned up and the society was formed in 2001 and set about fundraising.
Over the years, it received grants including lottery money and support from City of York Council, and the restoration cost a total of more than half a million pounds.
Comments(10)
TheTruthHurts
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11:41am Tue 2 Oct 12
THE restoration of an historic York windmill has reached a climax with the production of its first flour.
Come on the only thing that climaxed when this happened was PP!
Mr Lowson
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2:03pm Tue 2 Oct 12
Frodo Baggins
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6:22pm Tue 2 Oct 12
Mr Lowson wrote:So will I, if it's cheaper than the supermarkets.
I for one will buy some.
oldgoat
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8:25pm Tue 2 Oct 12
Frodo Baggins wrote:Stuff that! No supermarket flour is going to taste anything like this.
Mr Lowson wrote:So will I, if it's cheaper than the supermarkets.
I for one will buy some.
Support your local mill and enjoy some bread or cake with a really local ingredient!
Omega Point
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10:39pm Tue 2 Oct 12
PinzaC55
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12:26pm Wed 3 Oct 12
growthorgreed
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8:22pm Wed 3 Oct 12
Magicman!
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12:17am Thu 4 Oct 12
It makes a nice addition to the York skyline to have a proper windmill on a hill, and now even better to have one with the sails turning.
Even AndyD
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7:46am Thu 4 Oct 12
sheps lad says...
11:15am Tue 2 Oct 12