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Thread #101705   Message #2053598
Posted By: Liz the Squeak
16-May-07 - 11:48 AM
Thread Name: BS: Thatcher is finally finished!
Subject: RE: BS: Thatcher is finally finished!
It's great to hear that the old crafts haven't died out.

In Dorset, there is a thatcher named Dunford. I'm pretty sure he's one of the side branches of my own Dunford family, who have thatching as their main occupation from the mid 1950'2 way back further than I have been able to research, over 200yrs back to 1730. Because I've always thought of it as a trade (and not hearing anything about it on the news) I didn't immediately think of the Iron Maiden. So ya boo sucks to you!

LTS