The charity said Salisbury Plain had long been a venue for traditional hawking. In recent years, cricket ball-making, gold beating and lacrosse stick-making have also ceased, with manufacture moving overseas or dying out completely.More than 100 other weird and wonderful trades are considered at risk or even "critically endangered", according to the HCA, which supports craftspeople through fundraising and lobbying policymakers.Withy pot-making classified as "critically endangered".
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It takes about a month to make a small orrery
Stonehenge was an important landmark in Victorian times for those who hunted and coursed in the area, it added. As crab fishers began swapping traditional willow fishing pots for modern wire and plastic traps in the last century, the tradition diminished.Withy pots have featured in paintings dating from 400 years ago but are thought to have been made long before that. These are external links and will open in a new windowThe death of a master craftsman in Kent in 2017 marked the end of an era. "The BBC is not responsible for the content of external Internet sitesThe return of millions of pupils begins as teachers make final changes to meet latest guidelines. It reached its peak during medieval times when the bow and arrow was the main weapon of war.Although an arrowhead can take just five minutes to make, the rest of an arrow can take hours - from splitting the timber for the shaft and working it into a straight, tapered barrel, to stripping goose feathers and binding them with silk into handmade glues. "I became aware that this traditional style of small boat fishing had changed drastically through the '70s and '80s," she said, "and that old skills were rapidly disappearing.
"Clay pipes have been used in the British Isles since the 1500s, following the arrival of tobacco in Europe. Ron Macdonald was the last member of his profession in the UK
"It's very isolating doing craft by yourself so the network is quite important psychologically as a support and for information.
"The traditional methods are still used by my friend Rex Key," Ms Coleman said, "using original tools with iron moulds.
We have still got a course booked in for October which we hope will go ahead.
All Traditional News … His son Timothy, also an engineer, is now believed to be the only full-time professional orrery-maker left in the UK, with his father now working only part-time.A small orrery takes about a month to make and Norfolk-based Staines and Son would normally ship between six and 10 each year to customers all over the world.One of the first known orreries is the Antikythera mechanism, from between 150BC and 100BC, which was discovered in 1900 in a wreck off the Greek island of that name. Heather Coleman has adapted her pipe-making methods because the traditional equipment is very hard to come by "For me it has just been a blip," he said.
Within 10 years, what started as a hobby became an occupation. Clients include filmmakers, re-enactment groups, smokers and collectors.The original iron and brass moulds have become almost unobtainable - the majority are now in museums - leading some craftspeople to adapt their methods. Arrowheads are much quicker to make than the rest of the arrow