The Sussex Trug: An Investigation into the Production of Trugs
Details
Type of record: Archive
Title: The Sussex Trug: An Investigation into the Production of Trugs
Classmark: LAVC/SRP/2/050
Creator(s): Tuffin, Alison
Site Location(s): Subject - Herstmonceux, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom( 50.8896, 0.3229 ); Subject - Bexhill, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom( 50.8502, 0.47095 )
Date(s): 1971
Size and medium: 34 unbound typed pages; 37 b/w photographs.
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/410086
Collection group(s): Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Description
A study of trug making in Sussex, with particular reference to four firms operating in and around the village of Herstmonceux. The first of nine chapters provides a general introduction, followed by a history of the trug, and its inventor Thomas Smith. Further chapters describe the manufacture of trugs, their sale and usage, the craftsmen who made/make them, mechanisation and its influence on the trug industry, and descriptions of four trugging firms ( Greens of Hailsham, R. Reed, R.W. Rich and Sons and Thomas Smith and Sons. Photographs of the premises of R. Reed and Thomas Smith are included, as well as photographs of trug-making tools and manufacturing processes. Chapter Eight relates to a Bexhill trug maker, and the collector's meeting with his great-niece. The final chapter lists the tools of the Sussex trug maker, and includes photographs and line drawings.
Access and usage
Reproduction
Access
The theses and dissertations in this subfonds are available for consultation in the searchroom of Special Collections, University of Leeds, by all bona fide researchers. Conditions relating to access and use have, in a number of cases, been applied to particular items by individual depositors. These are noted within the relevant individual records.
Material in this collection is in copyright. Photocopies or digital images can only be supplied by the Library for research or private study within the terms of copyright legislation. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain the copyright holder's permission to reproduce for any other purpose. Guidance is available on tracing copyright status and ownership.
Not all items have a specific location so additional searches will be requiredThe filter at the top right of the map can be used to filter on sub-collection locations