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pho­to­graphy by Miriam Glucksmann

I got talk­ing to these reed­cut­ters in North Nor­folk one sunny Janu­ary Sunday. They were sad about the decline of this tra­di­tional industry and the dearth of young people want­ing to work in it, and also com­plained about the high cost of thatched cot­tages in con­trast to their own low wages. 

They were hop­ing to set up a web­site to pub­li­cise their work and the North Nor­folk Reed­cut­ters Asso­ci­ation. This is now up and run­ning at http://www.norfolkreed.co.uk/pages/about.htm It draws atten­tion to new (e.g. bio­fuel) as well as tra­di­tional uses of reed.