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On January 25th 2011 the Friends of Haw Park Wood were invited to watch Crofton Stick-Makers at work.
Pete Walton has a selection of sticks ready to be worked on by beginners.
Jan and Ann are reletively new but are well and truly hooked.
They were more than happy to tell Val all about their decorated sticks.
Members of the Club had brought their finished sticks to put on show.
Mal is this year's novice champion for the whole of the country
John enjoys working with greenwood and making wooden spoons.
There was all sorts of craft work on display.
Roger, Val and Phyllis spent quite some time admiring the varieties of carving and decorating.
Terry, with 30 years of stick-making, is the most experienced group member.
He demonstrated how to make a ram's horn handle - a time-consuming and complicated procedure.