Notes from the Sticks: Thatchers’ Britain
THERE can’t be a more recognisable symbol of the British countryside than a thatched roof. Like this: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thatched_roofs_at_Selborne_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4564859.jpg There are estimated to be 60,000 thatched roofs in the UK, mainly in England (which has the most in the world), though there are a few in all the home nations. The history of thatching goes back […]