Happy England as painted by Helen Allingham, R.W.S (1903)
Huish, Marcus Bourne, 1845-1921, Allingham, Helen Paterson, 1848-1926 · London : A. and C. Black · leaf 330
tch will soon be a thing of the past, partly forthe reason that there are no thatchers (or thackersas they are called in local midland dialect) left,principally because the straw, of which they con-sumed a good deal, and which used to be a cheapcommodity and not very realisable, in villages… … COTTAGES AND HOMESTEADS 135 Thus the old order changeth, and without anyregard to the comfort of the tenant, whose roof,as I have already said, instead of consisting of acovering which was warm in winter and cool insummer, is now one which is practically the reverse.Strawen roofs are easy of repair…
Watercolor painting -- Great Britain · England -- Pictorial works
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