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After the 1919 fire, the windmill remained derelict for
several years. In 1921, the Squire of Lytham gave the mill to the people
of Lytham. The local council restored the building, fitted a new cap and dummy
sails.
It was opened by the Council as a cafe but this did not
prosper so it was leased to various clubs, becoming the
headquarters of the Ribble Cruising Club, Motorboat Club & Sea Cadets. It was
then used as an electricity substation until 1964. The structure suffered from
dry rot and in the 1980s Fylde Borough Council carried out carried out work on the
mill over two years and it was reopened on 20 March 1989.
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