SKILLED CRAFTSMEN arc working on the interior carvings for the new House of Commons, in London. For the internal panelling and joinery, 30,000 cubic feet of English oak is being used, from trees grown within a 50-mile radius of Newport, Shropshire. The timber has been selected by the architect and carefully kilned by the latest process evolved by the Forest Products Research Laboratory, Here a wood-carver is at work on one of the ceiling bosses for the new House of Commons.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22587, 16 March 1948, Page 5
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81SKILLED CRAFTSMEN arc working on the interior carvings for the new House of Commons, in London. For the internal panelling and joinery, 30,000 cubic feet of English oak is being used, from trees grown within a 50-mile radius of Newport, Shropshire. The timber has been selected by the architect and carefully kilned by the latest process evolved by the Forest Products Research Laboratory, Here a wood-carver is at work on one of the ceiling bosses for the new House of Commons. Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22587, 16 March 1948, Page 5
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