Archive Article: 2000/04/21

21 April 2000

A country calling…A straw poll of apprentices attending Britains only school of thatching at Knuston Hall, Irchester, Northants, found that students did think there was a future in the job thanks to renewed interest in the craft. Roger Scanlan (right) demonstrates to apprentice Ben Angel how to put a new eave on to existing thatch. For more, see Farmlifes Careers in the Countryside starting on. page 7.