Author: Friends of Windmill Gardens

Derek Rowles contacted the Friends of Windmill Gardens when a photo of Brixton Windmill in a newspaper triggered his memory. Derek says, “A photograph of Brixton Windmill recently published in the Telegraph caught my attention and seemed instantly familiar. After a little research it became apparent that …

These are excerpts from a manuscript entitled “Thoughts and recollections of a septuagenarian nonentity” written in 1983 by Vivian Steven, who died in 1998. The manuscript was passed on to the Friends of Windmill Gardens by his son Anthony. Living arrangements My father died in …

Peter got in touch with us to tell us about his mother Maud, who used to live near Brixton Windmill. Peter says: “In the early 1900s my mother, Maud Walpole, lived close to the windmill at 8 Stewarts Place, now long since been demolished. Stewarts …

Maureen visited Brixton Windmill shortly after it reopened in 2011 after restoration. She left a photo (right) with the following message: “The young boy on the left is my brother Roy Albert Andrews. He was born September 25 1927. I think he must be about …