Teunis Bleijenberg is a trained traditional miller from The Netherlands who came to Foxton in 2023 to train local De Molen millers and volunteers.  Safely operating a mill is a big job, with traditional millers usually training for two years to equip them for all types of mills- plus an extra four months learning the specifics of each new mill they work at.  With Foxton's De Molen being the only traditional Dutch windmill operating in the Southern Hemisphere, expert help has to come from far afield!

This photograph was made by local photographer Jacob Brookie as part of a series of photo-stories highlighting the work of local volunteers- including the millers Teunis was training. The photo was made with a 1966 Marshal Press camera and Kodak T-Max film.

During the Big Dutch Day Out 2022 a monkey kite got caught in the fans of the De Molen windmill, and ended up imitating King Kong on the Whare Manaaki! This caused much merriment until the kite master could remove it....

This was taken by Foxton photographer Jacob Brookie with a 1950s Yashica 'A' twin lens reflex camera. Made in Japan, this was an affordable camera for the enthusiast photographer and Jacob has used it to take many photographs around Foxton. 

The Yashica is owned by the MAVtech Museum of Audio and Visual Technology.

Opening of De Molen over looking South East. Foxton water tower in distance.

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Group in Dutch dress at opening of De Molen setting up speakers Dodeel B. Flax stripper museum in back.

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First walls up for De Molen Foxton. Foxton Windmill project funds barometer in frount

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Colour photograph.

May Flynn in Dutch costume selling chocolate windmills at the Foxton Racecourse of funds for Windmill project.

Those in the photograph are from left to right:-Roy Edwards, Ridley Stockwell, May Flynn, Sue Stockwell

Colour photograph.

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