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Saturday 18th January
Wassail in the old orchard at
Orchard Barn 2-3.30pm
ALL
welcome to come and help
toast the good
health of the apple trees. Dress up (if you'd like to) and wear stout
boots. Bring squares of toast to tuck in the branches of our Blenheim
Orange apple tree! The new masonry stove will be alight in the Long
House, and there will be music and mulled appled juice.
Saturday
10th and Sunday 11th May
Come along to this amazing
celebration of all things wood. It's their 30th year! Say hello and talk with us about our
courses or volunteering at Orchard Barn.
Saturday 20th September
Come along to our
Heritage
Open Barn 11am-1pm Heritage building skills demonstrations and
Guided Tour of reinstated Suffolk Long House at midday.
AND help us mark
2-5pm
tea, cake, music, dancing and good company
ALL WELCOME
Heritage Skills education
Photo right Nov 23
West
Suffolk College Construction students learn how to use traditional
tree to timber carpentry tools.
They discovered that our two person cross
cut saw was very effective at cutting lengths of Sweet Chestnut logs
which they also learnt how to split and make into battens for our Long
House roof.
Using the two person saw also provided a
good green gym workout and a big lesson in co-ordination, collaboration
and communication.
Pull. Don't push!
It was a very constructive two days of
practical training for 23
students.
Thank-you to Bury Town Trust
for sponsoring these Heritage Construction skills days.
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Above - Volunteers celebrate a
successful 2023 at Winter Solstice with music and song, mulled apple
juice, vegan rolls and mince pies
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