You Could Be Paid for Knapping On the Job ; Career Mail

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FUELLED by television programmes such as Restoration and Timewatch, interest in Britain's history has never been so great. Over the past decade, the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has pumped millions into preserving our past.

But many traditional skills, from flint knapping to thatching, are at risk of dying out. In fact, some HLF-funded projects have had to fly in craftsmen from Europe to complete work.

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You Could Be Paid for Knapping On the Job ; Career Mail

So the HLF is setting up a Pounds 4 million bursary scheme to encourage people to train in thatching, dry-stone walling, stonemasonry, flint-knapping (used to repair the walls of old ...

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