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'''The bodgers made legs and spindles for backs of Windsor Chairs''' for which High Wycombe became a famous centre - the chairs mostly being marketed through Windsor. | '''The bodgers made legs and spindles for backs of Windsor Chairs''' for which High Wycombe became a famous centre - the chairs mostly being marketed through Windsor. | ||
'''The local bodgers worked in Hampden Woods''', after the Parish Woodlands in Loosley Row, Lacey Green and Speen had been felled. A very few small pockets of trees still survived but they were privately owned. | '''The local bodgers worked in Hampden Woods''', after the Parish Woodlands in Loosley Row, Lacey Green and Speen had been felled. A very few small pockets of trees still survived but they were privately owned. | ||
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Revision as of 07:25, 14 August 2023
The bodgers made legs and spindles for backs of Windsor Chairs for which High Wycombe became a famous centre - the chairs mostly being marketed through Windsor.
The local bodgers worked in Hampden Woods, after the Parish Woodlands in Loosley Row, Lacey Green and Speen had been felled. A very few small pockets of trees still survived but they were privately owned.
