The Village Carpenter by Walter Rose

The Village Carpenter by Walter Rose

Regular price
Checking stock...
Regular price
Checking stock...
The feel-good place to buy books
  • Free UK delivery over £5
  • 10% off preloved books when you join +Plus
  • Buying preloved emits 46% less CO2 than new
  • Give your books a new home - sell them back to us!

The Village Carpenter by Walter Rose

Walter Rose was a carpenter and the son of carpenters in Victorian England, a time when the village woodworker made everything except, perhaps, wagon wheels. He writes eloquently of the importance of skill and the attitudes of the craftsman to work and to village life. Content: Early Associations; The Old Country Business; Timber; The Carpenter's Shop; Tools; Work on the Farm; Wooden Pumps; Roofs; Work on the New House; Work at Water-Mills; Wind-Mill Repairs; Undertaking; Furniture Repairs; The Outlook.
SKU Unavailable
ISBN 13 9780854420650
ISBN 10 0854420657
Title The Village Carpenter
Author Walter Rose
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Stobart Davies Ltd
Year published 1995-10-01
Number of pages 192
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.