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Restoring Rush Seat Chairs
Several times a year I get to put aside my usual work, making wooden wheels and work on antique chairs. Most of the time this involves reupholstery but occasionally I get to replace a rush seat, something I particularly enjoy. … Continue reading
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Tagged antique, antique restoration, chair doctor, chairs, film and video, heritagecraft, influencer, living history, lost art, restoration, restorer, rush chair, traditional, traditional craft, traditional upholstery, upholstery, video, vintage, wheelwright, work, youtube, youtuber
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Lay still whilst I measure for your Coffin!
This week I spent two days at the Suffolk show a major rural show in the East of England, promoting my Wheelwrights Business. As a modern wheelwright I am used to being a rare commodity. An educated guess would suggest there … Continue reading
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Tagged humour, living history, memory, middle age, old age, suffolk show, traditional, undertaker, wheelwright, work
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Repairing Wooden Wheels
I frequently get asked to repair wooden carriage wheels, and they are always a voyage of adventure as you never know what your going to find, which also makes it the hardest to price, which is another problem as everyone wants … Continue reading
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Tagged art, business, carriage wheel, wagon wheel, wheel, wheelwright, wood, work
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The First Cuckoo
Its often said that one of the first signs of spring is hearing a cuckoo, which I suppose depends upon where you live, whereas in our world the first sign of spring is the first day we light the bread … Continue reading
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Tagged baking, bread, Carriage, charcoal, food, garden, humour, tom green, wheelwright, wood
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An ingredient too far. We try it.
 A couple of weeks ago a colleague of my daughters mentioned that she had been served at a hotel Smoked Butter, and how she had enjoyed it. When I first heard about it I was sceptical and I could see … Continue reading
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Tagged baking, bread, Cooking, diy, education, food, food smoker, hobby, home, home.food, how to, leisure, present, reciepe, satchel, smoker, thomas greeen, tom green, wheelwright
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I want to be an apprentice
Occasionally life smiles upon you, and this week was one of those occasions. I was lucky to go with a party of fellow wheelwrights to an after hours private view around the Royal Mews, escorted by their coachmen. For the want … Continue reading
Posted in carriage, craft, heritage craft, Leather work, leisure, Palace, Queen, Royal, wheelright
Tagged accessories, art, author, blacksmith, carpentry, Carriage, Cooking, leather, leatherwork, London, Queen, Royal, thomas green tom green, tom green, tourist, wheelwright, work
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A man gets on a bike
A picture of a man holding a bicycle wheel is never going to be that exciting to look at. Until you look carefully As a wheelwright I am used to making and repairing wooden wheels, for carriages, early vintage cars, cannons, … Continue reading
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Tagged bicycle, carpentry, craft, education, heritagecraft, hobby, horse, sport, thomas greeen, thomas green tom green, tom green, wheelwright
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A Wooden Bicycle Wheel
Its time for a new project, Christmas is long gone, the weather is getting marginally warmer, or at least warm enough to allow glue to cure properly and I have some time to play in between real work. So its time to … Continue reading
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