Crafts from the Countrysideby John Lloyd Jones
David & Charles, 1975
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.
In a fascinating blend of hard fact, history and 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.
