[Ryedale] Howsham Mill [wildly OT I know but...]

[David Richards]

Greetings everyone, vote for Howsham Mill by dialling this number 09013 
600 507 (call cost £1.00)

See my pictures of Howsham Mill here:

http://linux.djrm.dynamic-dns.net/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=14062 


Best regards, Dave.

Al Girling wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I realise this is in no way connected to Linux and OSS, but this is a
> project that falls within the Ryedale area.  So at the risk of abusing
> the list:
>
> Please vote for Howsham Mill on the BBC's Restoration Village.  The mill
> has reached the final which takes place tomorrow live at The Weald and
> Downland Museum in Sussex.
>
> Voting is open right now, so you can pick up your phone and dial 09013
> 600 507 to help with an important local project; it'll only cost a
> pound.
>
> The restoration will enable the mill to become an education centre to
> promote renewable energy and will have both a traditional water-wheel and
> a new type of turbine based on an Archimedes screw.  This has been
> chosen as it will be the first fish friendly water turbine in the UK.
>
> For more details of the project look at:
>
> http://www.howshammill.org.uk
>
> For Restoration Village see:
>
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/programmes/restoration/
>
> Thanks for your time,
>
> Al
>
>