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Making mats: An old Northumbrian art and craft

By Clive Dalton and Donald Clegg Helen Brown’s fireside proggie – made by her mother (Photo copyright Helen Brown) History Ever since humans began living in caves, they have used various natural materials to cover the floor and insulate themselves from the earth’s damp and cold. At first it would be grass, reeds, dead bracken, … Read more