We are very, very busy but are waiting for chestnut to arrive as my van is off the road until we get a new set of keys!! So, we are taking some time to sort out the workshop to make it easier to make more Trugs when the lads and lass get back. They won’t…
A part of our job that is so satisfying is when customers past and present write nice things about us. Today, out of the blue, we received an e-mail from Sandra Kochis from Montana, USA in which she just said “Purchased trugs from you a few years ago and just love them”. With the message…
During the coronavirus crisis we continue to work, but with a skeleton staff. In the photo, the one on the right is Caleb and on the left is Rob. We are doing our best to service orders in hand and those received from mail order customers on a daily basis but are only currently able…
On Tuesday my apprentice, Mark Robinson, and I attended the Basketry Showcase in the Dutch Church in Austin Friars, London. Organised by the Worshipful Company of Basketmakers, the event was designed to give members of other worshipful companies a taste of what basketmakers was about and was open in the afternoon to members of the…
We have been supplying a wonderful company with our Trugs over the past few years and just would like to share their name with our customers. Made To Last is based in the city of Cambridge here in England and offers high quality British products to their wide range of customers that are truly “made…
Last week we sent several parcels into Swedn and Germany. This week we sent a parcel to Queensland, and antoher to New South Wales in Australia, followed by one to Ontario and one to British Columbia in Canada. There were several to the United States of America to Florida, Massachusetts, Texas, Minnesota, New York, California,…
Just a little sideline that we do when we have time is small sheep hurdles. Here are a couple of photos of some we supplied to Andrew Midgley Landscapes in Kingsteinton, Devonshire for one of his clients
In 2019 some 24,000 people viewed our website with a staggering 116,000 page views in total! Our ranking in the United Kingdom is 102,143 and, worldwide is 8,607,089. Not bad for a small company from Sussex in the traditional craft market eh?
Well, folks, we are now logging off for some annual holidays so don’t expect to hear from me for a while. 2019 has been a bit of a whirl wind year and we have experienced our best sales for a long time. We now have two apprentices, one first and one second year and are…
