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30 Mar

Posted at 16:50h in Blog

Thatcher’s Standard The Official Magazine of the National Society of Master Thatchers Now available Online It’s a fantastic way to find out what NSMT members do and the challenges they encounter. See what happens in the International Thatching Society (our counterparts from around the world) How to subscribe go to magazine.nsmtltd.co.uk ...

28 Jul

Posted at 13:53h in Blog

The "Thatchers Standard" Magazine is the Official Magazine of the National Society of Master Thatchers. The Thatcher’s Standard is now available online. Exclusively to all who subscribe. It’s a fantastic way to find out what our Members do and the challenges they encounter. See what...

15 Oct

Posted at 10:07h in Blog

“Prevention is essential; detection is nearly always too late” 28 serious fires in 2019! Thatch Fires are disastrous; every thatch fire is a piece of our heritage destroyed and if rebuilt only a pastiche of the original. The distress to owners is deep and long lasting and...

15 Oct

Posted at 09:46h in Blog

This year saw Japan host the ITS Conference. We received such a warm welcome, from arriving in the airport in Osaka and throughout our journey and visits to the wonderful island of Honshu. Around the coastal areas the lower flatter land is taken up by housing...

11 Mar

Posted at 16:39h in Blog

The Broads Reed and Sedge Cutters Association (Brasca) is nearing the end of a three-year project, funded with a £24,558 grant from The Prince’s Countryside Fund, to help younger reed cutters take courses to be able to work safely in quite a wild environment. Part of...

26 Nov

Posted at 15:28h in Blog

At the end of October last year, we attended a meeting in Aarhus Denmark with our European counterparts of the International Thatching Society. Nigel Turton, our Chairman is President of the ITS and was accompanied by Andrew Raffle, also a board member of the society. The...

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