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Apprentice to the Past

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

New series 1/4. Four old British trades that help to give Britain its unique appearance are in danger of dying out through lack of willing apprentices. How can they be kept alive? Clare Jenkins hears about plaster possums and backward-looking macaws from Suffolk pargeter Bill Sargent, who's teaching his son Kenny the ancient skill of decorative plasterwork. producer Clare Jenkins

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Clare Jenkins
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Bill Sargent
Producer:
Clare Jenkins
Source: Radio Times

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