CRAFTS OF ENGLAND
! REVIVAL TO MEET DEMAND LONDON. Oct. 13. ! A remarkable revival lias been noted Ibis year in flic ancient handicraft in'duslries of Britain. i Almost forgotten crafts of the countryside are bein'; revived under the guid- . mice of craftsmen’s guilds which have been set up in many agricultural areas. British liandrrafl workers are demonstrating that there is a demand in the home and foreign markets for the pro- | dm-ts of skilful hands. | In Sussex. Kent, and Hampshire especially, workers are rallying to tho u; u i Ids. . . j The new movement is not eonhned solely to the, preservation of existing crafts. .Many industries, siicli as liandj weaving. which had been almost completely lost to the country, are now m | process of revival. _ . j Visitors to this year's agricultural shows have been impressed by the homc- | snuns and tweeds, curtains and colow fid dress materials, the products of I blacksmiths, wheelwrights. saddlers, I wood carvers, potters and toy makers all wrought in and around the rural homos of England.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17639, 1 December 1931, Page 9
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