Stacked wood forming circle around central flue ready to be covered with earth to make forest kiln

SR RIB PH2/14/1

1928

Marjory L. Wight, 1889-1973, photographer, George Potter

Miss Marjory L. Wight (1889-1973) was a prolific photographer starting in her early school days in Worcester, with a Kodak camera, until her later work with a Rolleiflex. For subject matter she concentrated first on buildings, from the West Country to Yorkshire and East Anglia, but especially in South Wales, the Cotswolds, Worcestershire and Herefordshire. She also recorded in some detail the disappearing crafts and agricultural practices, again mainly in her own district of Herefordshire and Worcestershire. Her photographs illustrate many books, including K. S. Woods, Rural Crafts of England (1949), and she submitted work to other publications, such as Farmers Weekly. She wrote books on St. David’s and Pembrokeshire, besides numerous short articles and was also interested in archaeology and botany. Miss Wight lived at Mordiford and later at 14 Overbury Road, Hereford.

charcoal burner George Potter of Bewdley, Herefordshire working at site near Longhope, Gloucestershire

1 photographic print: b&w

type: PRINT, dimensions: 15.8 x 11.5 cm

English

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Charcoal, Charcoal kilns, Wood as fuel, PROCESSING, Longhope, Bewdley, charcoal burning, Graphic Materials

<DIV STYLE="text-align:Justify;font-family:Georgia;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:16;color:#000000;"><P><SPAN><SPAN>2. &lt;B&gt;Newly built stack prior to covering&lt;/B&gt;&lt;P&gt;George Potter, and children, are pictured standing beside a stack he has just completed in an area of coppice near Longhope, Gloucestershire, 1928. To the right of the stack are two heaps, one of straw, the other sieved soil. Both these materials will be used to cover the wood of the stack. Only when this cover has been added will the charcoal burner light the stack.&lt;P&gt;SR RIB PH2/14/1</SPAN></SPAN></P></DIV><DIV STYLE="text-align:Justify;font-family:Georgia;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-size:16;color:#000000;"><P><SPAN><SPAN>3. &lt;B&gt;Newly built stack prior to covering&lt;/B&gt;&lt;P&gt;George Potter, and children, are pictured standing beside a stack he has just completed in an area of coppice near Longhope, Gloucestershire, 1928. To the right of the stack are two heaps, one of straw, the other sieved soil. Both these materials will be used to cover the wood of the stack. Only when this cover has been added will the charcoal burner light the stack.&lt;P&gt;SR RIB PH2/14/1</SPAN></SPAN></P></DIV>

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