See the secrets of Lytham landmark
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Lytham Windmill
Historic Lytham windmill will be open to the public for the first time this year from Thursday 1 April.
The windmill has been popular with tourists and residents since it was built in 1805.
Hundreds of thousands, possibly millions, of people have passed it and wondered what is inside. Very few know what is within and its secrets will be revealed next month.
From 1 April until 11 April the grade two-Listed building will be open between 10.30am and 1pm and from 2pm to 4pm.
Councillor Sue Fazackerley, Fylde Council Cabinet member for Leisure and Culture, said: “it is one of the best known landmarks in the whole of Lancashire.
“Generations of families have had picnics on the green – and everyone is fascinated by what is behind its walls.
“This is their chance to find out. In reality there are exhibits showing the history of mills and milling and also a tableau of life in Victorian Lytham.
“Windmills were common once and people will love learning more about their role over the years.”
The four-storey building did not originally have the white plinth upon which it appears to sit. That was added later to keep onlookers away from the sails after a boy grabbed one and then fell to his death.
In its heyday, until fire forced closure in 1919, its millstones ground wheat and oats into flour, meal and bran.
It was given to the people of Lytham in 1921 and Fylde Council carried out a refurbishment in 1987. It is run by Lytham Heritage Group.
Admission is free.
Opening times: 10.30am-1pm, 2-4pm, Thursday 1 April, Friday 2 April, Saturday 3 April, Sunday 4 April, Monday 5 April, Wednesday 7 April, Thursday 8 April, Friday 9 April, Saturday 10 April, Sunday 11 April.
It will also open for the St George’s Day festival on 25 April and for National Mills Weekend on 8 and 9 May. Summer season opening starts on 28 May.
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