TRULY RURAL
FEW years ago in England, ‘it seemed as if the ancient craft of thatching was doomed to extinction, and that roofs of slate and corrugated iron had finally ousted the much more beautiful, though less utilitarian, constructions of straw and reed. Then came the "country cottage craze," during which people "went rural’ under
the leadership of men like Beverley Nichols and Cecil Roberts, thus ___ bringing about a demand not only for the thatched dwelling but also for the skill of the thatcher to keep it in repair.
Post-war years in England will be marked by building activities on an unprecedented scale. The rebuilding of properties damaged as a result of enemy action cannot fail to make great demands on .the available substantial roofing materials, with the result that the older method will possibly still be employed in some rural areas. Though there are probably very few thatched houses in New Zealand — the craze for "olde Englishe" being weaker than the desire for lasting dwellingsthere are, in some parts of this country, attempts to give a truly rural English appearance to house and garden. If you have any ambitions in that direction, you should listen to another talk on the subject of old English cottages from 2YA at 11.0 am. this Friday (February 23), by Mrs. C. U. Cobby, an Englishwoman now living at Lower Hutt.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 12, Issue 296, 23 February 1945, Page 12
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