Ladies Circle
On Monday evening 28th July the Ladies Circle had a tour round Swaffham Prior
Windmill. Jonathan the owner met us and gave us a short talk on the history of
the windmill. We were reminded that it was previously owned by the Fosters
which brought back many memories for some of us who have lived in Swaffham
Prior for a number of years. And of course the last resident being Mike Bulleid
who started to restore the windmill some years ago.
We then climbed the steep ladders to see the "workings" of the machinery that grinds the flour. The highlight of the evening was witnessing the sails whizzing round and round - we were lucky there was a good breeze that night!! It was quite exciting to watch I must admit.
Everyone found the evening very interesting and many members left with arms full of flour, muesli, recipe books and postcards.
We finished the evening off with refreshments at the home of Mary Cook.