Gathering birch twigs together ready for binding to form besom broom head

SR RIB PH2/3/24

1945

C. F. F. Snow, A. Appleton

besom making

1 photographic print: b&w

type: PRINT, dimensions: 15.3 x 15.3 cm

English

Besom brooms, Brooms and brushes, Broom and brush industry, CRAFTS, Wood, Wood products, A. Appleton, Baughurst, besom broom making, Graphic Materials

<DIV STYLE="text-align:Justify;font-family:Georgia;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:16;color:#000000;"><P><SPAN><SPAN>1. &lt;B&gt;Making a besom broom head, 1945&lt;/B&gt;&lt;P&gt;Besom broom maker Mr. A. Appleton of Baughurst, Hampshire, begins making the broom head by gathering together ready prepared birch twigs. He arranges the twigs by rolling them to and fro on his leather apron. Larger twigs form the centre of the brush with shorter ones around the outside. This and other photographs in the sequence featuring Mr. Appleton were taken during the 1940s.&lt;P&gt; SR RIB PH2/3/24</SPAN></SPAN></P></DIV><DIV STYLE="text-align:Justify;font-family:Georgia;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:16;color:#000000;"><P><SPAN><SPAN>1. &lt;B&gt;Making a besom broom head, 1945&lt;/B&gt;&lt;P&gt;Besom broom maker Mr. A. Appleton of Baughurst, Hampshire, begins making the broom head by gathering together ready prepared birch twigs. He arranges the twigs by rolling them to and fro on his leather apron. Larger twigs form the centre of the brush with shorter ones around the outside. This and other photographs in the sequence featuring Mr. Appleton were taken during the1940s.&lt;P&gt;SR RIB PH2/3/24</SPAN></SPAN></P></DIV>

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RHC copy neg. NMC 35/24168