This page will eventually come to serve as an archive of the recent period in the windmill’s history when severe wet rot damage threatened the future of the mill. As you are aware, though, a concerted appeal by volunteers and the generosity of groups and individuals, produced sufficient funds to repair the damage and ensure the sails turned again.
While that archive is being prepared, here is the BBC TV East Midlands report on September 9th 2015 about the crisis:
Leading folk musician, actor and Heage resident John Tams presented this appeal for funds (video directed by Daniel Saunders):
