Read the full article at Thatching, The Whiskey Wash Johnnie Walker Advert Archive, published The Illustrated London News 6th March 1926 ...

the chance to learn about thatching, and feel its appeal.

The traditional re-thatching of the roof of a “gassho-zukuri” structure was undertaken by a mutual assistance group formed by local residents called “Yui,” which has helped preserve the ...

But there a now only about 800thatchers and 24 farmers specialised in producing thatching straw left in the UK. The cost of straw imported from abroad has also been pushed up by Russia's invasion ...