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Sophie, 15, goals to interrupt into the male-dominated wheelwright commerce<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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A teenage lady is hoping to enter the male-dominated ranks of the wheelwrights – specialist craft employees who make picket wheels.<\/p>\n

The commerce was initially established to take care of chariots, carts and gun carriages, however now the principle focus is on veteran vehicles.<\/p>\n

Sophie, 15, helps wheelwright Daniel Garner at his workshop on the Revesby Estate in Lincolnshire.<\/p>\n

He plans to take her on as an apprentice and put her by way of a joinery qualification at an area faculty.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr Garner, 47, mentioned the job of a wheelwright had developed over lots of of years. <\/p>\n

“Any wooden wheels, from the days of the chariot through to your haywains, your horse-drawn vehicles, right the way up to your vintage and veteran cars which will take you up to the late 1920s or early 1930s.”<\/p>\n

He was hopeful there was a safe future for the enterprise. <\/p>\n

“There’s always cars and vehicles coming out of storage and people are having them restored,” he mentioned.<\/p>\n

“We’re also going through the stage of the early restorations which were done in the 60s and 70s and are now having new wheels again.”<\/p>\n

The Worshipful Company of Wheelwrights estimated there have been about 25 working wheelwrights however not all have been absolutely employed.<\/p>\n

The organisation mentioned it was not conscious of any feminine wheelwrights.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Daniel Garner has been a wheelwright for 25 years, following in his father’s footsteps<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Sophie mentioned she was excited to be working alongside Mr Garner as she liked guide work. <\/p>\n

“Being a wheelwright is more like hands work, rather than being in a classroom so I enjoy that more,” she mentioned.<\/p>\n

“I like working with different types of wood and tools.”<\/p>\n

Sophie’s love of horses additionally attracted her to the craft.<\/p>\n

“The carriages interest me and the history behind them and what got me interested in the carriages was the horses.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr Garner was filled with reward for his younger trainee and described her as “very, very interested” and “very motivated”. <\/p>\n

“She’s very much a hands-on sort of person and just wants to get involved, to be honest,” he mentioned. “Not every child wants to sit in front of a computer.”<\/p>\n

Mr Garner hopes to ascertain a bespoke wheelwright apprenticeship for Sophie, however, failing that, will ship her to Lincoln College for a bench joinery qualification.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Robert Hadfield of the Veteran Car Club of Great Britain says wheelwrights play an important position<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Several members of the Veteran Car Club of Great Britain lately paid a go to to Mr Garner’s workshop.<\/p>\n

Chairman, Robert Hadfield, 68, mentioned: “We can’t be without Daniel because there aren’t many people around who could rebuild wooden wheels of the cars that we have, so we need Daniel as much as he needs us.”<\/p>\n

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