The Straw Dealers of Buckland
by Vanessa Worship
Date: 10th May 2022
Throughout the nineteenth century, many residents of Buckland parish worked in the straw plaiting industry.
Tag Archive: Chalk Cherries and Chairs
Chilterns Landscapes Art exhibition – 24th April to 1st May 2022
Date: 18th February 2022
Chalk, Cherries and Chairs is delighted to be hosting ‘Chilterns Landscapes’, an exhibition of art inspired by the outstanding natural beauty of the Central Chilterns at Wycombe Museum between 24th April and 1st May 2022.
A Year with the Chiltern New Shoots – our young conservationists
Date: 26th January 2022
Sixteen inspirational young people have had their first taste of conservation in the Chilterns, and it’s been an action packed and eventful year.
Tracking the Impact: In Celebration of Volunteers
Date: 12th January 2022
Volunteers have long played an essential role in protecting and enhancing these rare and special Chilterns habitats.
A visit to the Embroidered Arts Exhibition in London in search of the lives of Holmer Green tambour beaders
by Susan Holmes
Date: 09th December 2021
Find out what Susan Holmes discovered during a recent research trip to London and enjoy some amazing photographs of the delicate and intricate Chilterns craft of Tambour Beading!
Three generations of Batchelors – the rise and fall of a straw plaiting family
by Deborah Conway Read
Date: 25th November 2021
Follow the journey of the Batchelors through the Chilterns, the straw plait industry, vaccination programmes and controversies of the 1870s and much more in this fascinating piece of research.