Trades & Occupations

This section will contain articles and information on the various trades and industries in Walkern, from brewing to strawplaiting, brickmaking to the changing nature of shops along the High Street.

Click the list below to read the articles added so far…

• Bakers
• Blacksmiths and Farriers
• Bootmakers John Cannon & Son
• Brickmaking in Walkern
  • 1921: Mossy Estwick ‘A Dastardly Attack’ at Brickfields
  • Brick makers at Walkern by Anthony Camp
  • The Brickfields by Cecil Beadle
  • The last Walkern Brickmaker
• Butchers
• Farming in Walkern
  • Thatching haystacks
• Straw Plaiting in Walkern
• The changing High Street
  • Views of the High Street
• Wright’s Brewery
  • 1908 A Visit to Wright’s Brewery
  • A 1973 interview with Fred Wright
  • Adverts & photos

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• Farms
• Pubs & brewers
• Walkern mills