Chesham's shovel makers (wooden)

[Yeates]

Dear Olliecat,
It seems Mr. Stuart is an artisan in the tradition of David Pye. This will be a crucial, maybe definitive, resource for my genealogy project’s chapter on wooden shovels.

I’ve yet to find the article itself beyond the abstract, but am confident the University of Wisconsin will be able to help me.

I would like to have read his article and have informed questions before emailing him. As my query is personal and not involved in a commission or broader audience, I hesitate to bother him.
I thank you again for your reference and help.
Best Regards,
Yeates

[Yeates]

Dear Mutley,
The 1871 enumerator was thorough enough to add the abbreviated words, ‘ag imp’, after the occupation of ‘shovel maker (wooden).’
Something tells me though, that if William’s wife needed a bread paddle, he would have been able to make one---heh heh
You corroborate the aesthetic nature of items made of wood. For example, if you have time, check out the toy shovel in the first site listed above by Coromandel---no way would I let a child play with that. Nope, it would be on the wall.
Regards,
Yeates

[Mutley]

Here in Portugal they are ripping out the old and replacing it with modern, minimalistic, plastic and stainless steel items.
I know the UK went through that period as I suspect did the USA.
The 'foreigners' are the ones trying to preserve the old stuff and stick it on a wall because we know now, that it is important to preserve our heritage.

They will learn, I hope it will not be too late.

P.S. and I am sure that William must have made his wife a bread paddle/shovel, it would have be so easy for him and essential for her.