Thatched roofs, soft linen and real ale
may be things of the past, but fortunately they remain very much a part
of the present as well. Crafts from the
Countryside describes how these and other traditional products
of our rural heritage survive and indeed flourish when the asphalt
roof, the nylon sheet and the processed pint seem, like the grey
squirrel, finally to have taken over.
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In a fascinating blend of hard
fact, historyand anecdote, John Jopnes describes each craft today with
background and information on how it developed and survived.. |
With his help, we learn about
soft rushes, thatching, craftsman's straw, fibre flax, laverbread,
bittering hops, perry pears, Fuller's teasels, druggist's herbs,
cricket bat willows, basket osiers, fisherman's willow, and dewponds.
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Crafts from the Countryside
by John Lloyd Jones
David & Charles, 1975
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