Cannop - stone cutting
Courtesy of: Chris Milliner. Uploaded:
Cutting
Forest Stone at Cannop - c.1960
Chris Milliner of Ruspidge can be seen operating the stone cutter at a local
stone works situated in the Cannop Valley. Chris recalls cutting the grey, blue
and red Forest stone. Water is an important lubricant and dust supressor in the
stone cutting industry and when there was
a "big freeze" work had to stop and wait until the weather improved
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