Well folks, it seems we are becoming increasingly well-known in the good old United States of America. The BBC programme “Escape to the County” is currently airing in the US and we have received several orders as a result. Two years ago October presenter Jules Hudson visited out workshop to record the programme and it…
Our online advertisement for Christmas Gifts has gone live today, Thanksgiving Day, on the Gardening Know How website! https://blog.gardeningknowhow.com/trends/top-50-gifts-for-gardeners-21-30/
Our Thomas Smith Trug Shop telephone number is being disconnected by British Telecom on 1st December, but worry not! We are having it “ported” over to our Vonage cloud based telephone system on 30th November. There may be some disruption in service on that day when you can use 01323-384063, which is our Thomas Smith…
In the New Year of 2018 we will be appointing a new apprentice to join our industrious team here at Cuckmere Trug Company/Thomas Smith’s Trug Shop. As part of the process of applying for funding for this application from the new funder we have found, we needed to submit a three year training programme, which,…
According to the Association of Sussex Trug Basket Makers, they are the “last skilled trug makers” – and very likely to be so too if they don’t start teaching apprentices for when they finish making Trugs. This is insulting to the lads who work for Cuckmere Trug Company/Thomas Smith’s Trug Shop as they are highly…
Last Saturday Sue (my wife), my friend Neil and I decided to visit the Weald & Downland Living Museum in Singleton Near Chichester in West Sussex. When I run courses there it is difficult to get out and see what’s going on at the museum so I took the chance to look around for…
Our dear friends at British Telecom have displayed their usual disregard for their customers by writing to us to say that our Voip (Voice over Internet protocol) telephone service will cease on 1st December (although I have paid for it up until Christmas!) and that I need to make other arrangements for the Voip line.…
We are nearly up to date with our orders now that we have the willow in. Our last couple of trade back orders are going out tomorrow (Tuesday) and the rest of the retail orders will be despatched this week. That lets us get on with the Christmas stock as our competitors are just as…
