Lytham windmill, Lancashire

Lytham #1465

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tower 1803 - conserved

Signboard says:

Lytham Windmill & Lifeboathouse
Lytham Windmill, overlooking the River Ribble, has been the town's most famous landmark for almost two centuries.
The present "Windy Milne" was built by the Squire of Lytham in 1805 on an area known as Lytham Marsh and was leased to Mr Richard Cookson for a rent of seven shillings (35 pence) per year.
In the early days the corn mill was in constant use and served a wide area with a gas engine installed for use in calm weather.
As Lytham's popularity as a holiday resort increased with the arrival of the railway, curious holidaymakers were drawn to look closer at the working mill as they strolled along the now leveled and extended Lytham Green.
This proved disasterous in 1909 when a small boy on an outing from Manchester clung to one of the sails as it swept past. He was carried aloft, lost his grip and fell to his death.
The darkest day in the mill's history was January 1, 1919 when a severe gale caused the sails to run out of control, despite the powerful brake. Sparks started a blaze that virtually gutted the building.
The mill then remained derelict until 1921 when it was handed over to the people of Lytham by the Squire of Lytham, John T Clifton. The next 50 years saw the building used as an electricity substation, meeting rooms for various maritime societies and even a tea room.
In 1987 Fylde Borough Council began two years extensive work on protecting the landmark and restoring the mill. It officially reopened as a tourist attraction on Monday March 20, 1989.
Fylde Borough Council in co-operation with the Gazette features editor, the Civic Society, and the RNLI.

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[London Picture Archive]

Lytham Windmill [2013-04-20] - HD

Steven Haslington

Lytham Windmill Museum [2013-04-12] - HD

Rude Health

Lytham foreshore [2011-07-11] - HD

Carroll Pierce

Former Lytham Lifeboat Station and Lytham Windmill [2012-10-07]

Alexander P Kapp

Bird roost, Lytham Windmill [2012-10-07] - HD

Alexander P Kapp

Lytham Windmill [2012-10-07]

Alexander P Kapp

Former Lytham Lifeboat Station and Lytham Windmill [2012-10-07]

Alexander P Kapp

Lytham Windmill [2012-10-07]

Alexander P Kapp

Lytham Windmill [2012-04-11]

Norman Caesar

Lytham Green [2011-10-17]

Alexander P Kapp

Lytham Windmill [2011-09-29] - HD

Raymond Knapman

Promenade at Lytham [1995-05-00] - HD

Trevor Rickard

The Windmill [1995-05-00] - HD

Trevor Rickard

Lytham Windmill, Detail [2011-01-01]

Alexander P Kapp

Lytham Windmill [2011-01-01]

Alexander P Kapp

Lytham Windmill and former lifeboat station [2011-01-01]

Alexander P Kapp

After the storm [2010-11-19]

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Storm Damaged Windmill [2010-11-19] - HD

Robert Wade

The old lifeboat house, the windmill and St John's Church [2010-08-26] - HD

Bill Boaden

Lytham Windmill from the Jetty, Lytham [2009-07-11] - HD

Terry Robinson

Lytham Windmill and Original Lifeboat Station, East Beach, Lytham [2009-07-11] - HD

Terry Robinson

Looking East on The Green, Lytham [2009-07-11] - HD

Terry Robinson

Windmill, Lytham [2007-03-09]

Peter Bond

Lytham Windmill and Lifeboat Museum [2009-04-21]

Alexander P Kapp

Lytham windmill [1994-08-00]

Tom Richardson

Lytham Windmill [2008-11-12]

Gerald England

Lytham Windmill and old lifeboat station [2008-09-24]

Alexander P Kapp

Lytham Mill, Lytham St Anne's [2002-12-05]

Sarah Charlesworth

Lytham windmill [2005-06-02]

Renata Edge

Lytham Windmill [2005-06-02]

Renata Edge

Lytham: windmill detail [2008-07-26]

Chris Downer

Lytham: the windmill [2008-07-26]

Chris Downer

Lytham: windmill and lifeboathouse information [2008-07-26]

Chris Downer

Lytham: the windmill and lifeboathouse [2008-07-26]

Chris Downer

The Windmill [2008-06-17]

Robert Wade

The Green, Lytham [2008-05-16]

Alexander P Kapp

Windmill at Lytham [2008-03-12]

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Lytham windmill in the snow [2006-03-04]

Andy Hay

Lytham Windmill [2005-10-16]

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Lifeboat Station and Windmill [2001-07-27]

Roger May

Lytham Windmill [2003-09-04]

Amy Stockdale

Lytham Windmill [2003-04-27]

Ruth Harris

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Lytham, Lancashire, 2/4/89 - {The Peter Hedges Collection}

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Lytham St Annes,The Windmill and Life Boathouse 1907,Lancashire

Lytham St Annes, The Windmill and Life Boathouse 1907 {Reproduced courtesy of The Francis Frith Collection}

Lytham St Annes,Lytham, Windmill 1895,Lancashire

Lytham St Annes, Lytham, Windmill 1895 {Reproduced courtesy of The Francis Frith Collection}

Lytham, the Windmill and Green c1950, Lancashire {Reproduced courtesy of The Francis Frith Collection}

Lytham, the Windmill and Lifeboat Station c1955, Lancashire {Reproduced courtesy of The Francis Frith Collection}

Lytham, The Windmill 1924 {Reproduced courtesy of The Francis Frith Collection}

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News item: Plans for Lytham Windmill (29/3/12)

News item: Lytham restored to having 4 sails again (16/7/11)

News item: flickr windmill photos taken on an iPhone (4/1/10)

News item: Charles Allen Clarke tribute tour of Fylde windmills (28/5/06)

News item: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang replica (4/3/05)

News item: Windmills and fireworks (5/11/03)

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