Established in 1980 with a view to preserving traditional rural skills while the men and women who had practiced them were still alive and able to pass them on

The Devon Rural Skills Trust

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Last updated on 10th July 2005


The quarterly Skills newsletter - sent free to members - runs to twenty pages and features articles like:

Hazel Coppice - ...there is currently a considerable and unsatisfied demand for thatching spars...

Cleft Gate Hurdles - ...and to sample Liz's sponge cake....

Cobblestoning at Beeson - ...People came from far and wide...

Hedge day at Hazelwood - ...explaining the intricacies of hedge restoration...

Plus....

Dormouse Myths, Visit to North Wyke, Dorset Stone, Devon's Hedges, Useful tips, Dry Stone walling at Badworthy, Corracle building, Protecting the landscape, Reeves and Hedges, Shave Horse day at Dartington, Roadford Woodfair, the AGM, Stone Facing at Fowlescombe, Hedging Competition, Forset Planting, The Billhook

and...

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