Making a Trug
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How the South Down modern trug is made. The Cuckmere Trug Company also make the famous Royal Sussex Traditional Trug from sweet chestnut and cricket bat willow, as well as many other types of trug. woodlands.co.uk
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6 comments so far
happybonzo
December 27, 2009
Trugs are still made using Chestnut for the frames and handles. The boards are made from willow
The use of plywood seems rather a shame when the natural materials are available
I’m a bit surprised at Woodlands TV for making this video as most of their videos show real traditional crafts using natural materials not ply
WOODLANDSTV
December 28, 2009
Glad you like our films but sorry you were disappointed with this one. Robin did describe the traditional trugs, but we didn’t have pictures to support it. The film was long so we decided to concentrate on the construction process which was more visual. They only demonstrated making othe modern trugs that day . To balance things we put a description of the traditional trugs made of chestnut and willow in the notes.
Anyway thanks for your comment -and thanks for watching
Rob Tuppen
February 5, 2010
Dear Happybonzo, as a matter of fact my company are the original makers of the famous Royal Sussex Traditional Trug, which we have been making for 180 years now. We make both types of Trug to compliment each other and to ensure that the Traditional Trug can continue to be made for future generations. It so happened that, on the day that Woodland TV visitied our stand we were only demonstrating the South Down Trug whereas the day before we had been demonstrating the Traditional Trug. Come and see our workshops if you like!
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