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Reed Threshing - 1st December 1967

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Putting The Clock Back At Weare Giffard

The last time reed-threshing was seen in the village of Weare Giffard was about 30 years ago, and it could be another 30 years before it is seen again.
It so heard that Mr John Moore of Riversdale, Weare Giffard, heard of a sudden demand for thatch to re-roof some of the several remaining thatched buildings in the area. He hired a 'reed comber' from Messrs Murch of Little Torrington and set to work with a dozen or so helpers. The four men in the photograph are Messrs Bill Marshall of Frithelstock, Bill Dymond of Weare Giffard, Charlie Marshall of Monkleigh, and Lewis Cole of Weare Giffard.

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