A new generation of Millwrights scale new heights
National Lottery Good Causes
Millwrighting, maintaining and restoring windmills, was a dying profession until the Lottery-funded Broads Authority Bursary scheme set out to find apprentices to learn traditional skills from the last remaining millwrights in the area.
As a result, a new generation of millwrights are well on their way to helping to restore some of the Broads most beautiful landmarks.
To celebrate, the millwrights are putting some finishing touches to picturesque Polkey’s Mill near Reedham Ferry, Norfolk, with the temporary addition of some giant Lottery balls!
Jake Wilder, 22, one of the youngest millwrights in the country, puts the finishing touches to Polkey’s Mill near Reedham Ferry in Norfolk, which has been temporarily adorned with giant Lottery balls to highlight the range of projects that have benefited from the £25 million raised for Good Causes.
Since 1994, The National Lottery has invested over £2 million to restore 16 windmills across the East of England and an additional £7 million of Lottery money has funded a bursary programme, which has revitalised traditional skills across the UK from sedge cutting to millwrighting.
