Craft Collection

Blacksmith at White Hart, Petworth - July 1939
Horse and handler with blacksmith filing front hoof. George Garland Collection West Sussex Record Office Ref. No. Garland N18447

Thatched Haystack - 15 November 1945
Thatcher stands in front of a newly thatched rick, his ladder still propped up against its top. George Garland Collection West Sussex Record Office Ref. No. Garland N25844

Charcoal burner, 1939
Photograph by George Garland Garland Collection West Sussex Record Office Ref No: Garland N18413

Bee Skep making at Camelsdale, 1937
Photograph by George Garland Garland Collection West Sussex Record Office Ref No: Garland N16139

Hoop Shaver at Balls Cross - March 1939
Photograph of man beginning his process with finished staves stacked behind. (Hoop shavers made hoops for casks and barrels.) George Garland Collection West Sussex Record Office Ref No. Garland N17904

Stone Walling - June 1945
Man mending a stone wall at the side of a village road George Garland Collection West Sussex Record Office Ref. No. Garland N27646

Pyecombe Smithy - April 1947
Blacksmith and Farmer talk in the doorway of the smithy. George Garland Collection West Sussex Record Office Ref. No. Garland N27625

Halnaker Blacksmith at work - 16 May 1945
Blacksmith at work on his anvil inside his workshop surrounded by the tools of his trade and lots of horseshoes hanging from the ceiling beams

Thatcher at Work - 1944
Man on ladder attending to roof thatch. George Garland Collection West Sussex Record Office Ref. No. Garland N24094

Blind Basket Maker at work - about 1942
Man sitting on the floor astride basketwork in progress, surrounded by bundles of different coloured weavers. George Garland Collection West Sussex Record Office Ref. No. Garland N21419

Fittleworth Smithy - June 1939
Smithy buildings with two horses walking up to be shod. Farmer perched on the lead horse, the other following on behind. Advertisements for Thorleys Cake

Hoopshaver at Balls Cross, Sussex
Hoopshaver at work at Balls Cross, Sussex, May 1937 George Garland Collection West Sussex Record Office Ref No: Garland N15145

Beehive making outside cottage George Garland Collection West Sussex Record Office Ref No: N10206

Thatching hurdles for a lambing fold, February 1934
Photograph by George Garland Garland Collection West Sussex Record Office Ref No: Garland N8690

Baking bread the traditional way
The baker removing a loaf of bread from a traditional bread oven, 28 July 1963 Chichester Photographic Collection West Sussex Record Office Ref No: CPS 1877/6

The village shoemaker at work in his shop, 1920s
Photograph by George Garland Garland Collection West Sussex Record Office Ref No: Garland N883

Stopham Bridge - June 1948
Three labourers repair the stonework of the bridge. George Garland Collection West Sussex Record Office Ref. No. Garland N30086

Pimpmaker at Work - May 1948
Shot of man making up bundles of waste wood from coppices or forests for use as fuel. George Garland Collection West Sussex Record Office Ref. No. Garland N29971A

Hoop Maker at Balls Cross Kirdford - March 1948
Craftsman working with a bundle of sticks in the foreground, tented shelter behind him with various tools associated with his work George Garland Collection West Sussex Record Office Ref. No

Sussex Haystacks - 15 October 1947
Line of neat thatched hayricks behind Sea Hills George Garland Collection West Sussex Record Office Ref. No. N29052

Hedging and Ditching Competition - 4 October 1947
The eventual winner shown nearest to the front. George Garland Collection West Sussex Record Office Ref. No. N28927

Sheep Shearers - 24 May 1947
Four men hard at work on their sheep, with spectators gathered round George Garland Collection West Sussex Record Office Ref. No. Garland N27922

Thatching a rick at Fittleworth - October 1945
Thatcher on ladder combing the top of a haystack. George Garland Collection West Sussex Record Office Ref. No. Garland N25515

RSR 2 / 6th Battalion, Regimental Boot Repairer
Royal Sussex Regiment Collection West Sussex Record Office Ref No: RSR Acc 4545 2/6th Batt/378 1916-19 Photograph

Spinning Wool - 4 May 1945
Lady sits alongside a basket of carded wool and starts to spin using a drop spindle. George Garland Collection West Sussex Record Office Ref. No. Garland N24742

Carding Wool - 4 May 1945
Lady sits alongside a basket of wool which she is carding in preparation for spinning. George Garland Collection West Sussex Record Office Ref. No. Garland N24741

Children spinning at West Chiltington - July 1939
Five girls, two with spinning wheels, one with a small loom, one knitting and one blowing air onto a rabbit. George Garland Collection West Sussex Record Office Ref. No. Garland N18546

Hurdle Maker at Ebernoe - April 1939
George Garland Collection West Sussex Record Office Ref. No. Garland N17957

Basket Weaving, July 1952
Craftsman at Sussex County Show George Garland Collection West Sussex Record Office Ref No: Garland N38118

Hurdle Making, April 1925
Hurdle maker at Up Waltham Photograph by George Garland Garland Collection West Sussex Record Office Ref No: Garland N489

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