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Traditional Building Skills Day at Chiltern Open Air Museum If you've ever fancied trying your hand as a builder, or live in an old house and would like to discover more about heritage repair work, Chiltern Open Air Museum is holding a free traditional building skills day on Friday 11 July. It provides a practical introduction to working with heritage building materials including wychert (a limestone / clay earth material unique to the local area) and lime-based products such as plaster and render. There will be a range of interactive sessions and discussions led by the Museum's buildings team and Colin McGugan of Owlsworth IJP. Lunch and refreshments will also be provided. The day is based around Chiltern Open Air Museum's most recent rebuilding project, <http://www.coam.org.uk/about-us/historic-buildings/haddenham-croft-cottage/ > Haddenham Croft Cottage, which opened to the public for the first time this season. It is part of a project supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund that aims to work with community groups and volunteers to furnish and interpret the cottage, create education activities and build a wychert garden wall with visitors. For more information or to book a place, please visit coambuildingskills.eventbrite.co.uk <https://coambuildingskills.eventbrite.co.uk/> or email Grace Weller, Community Learning Officer, at [log in to unmask] Grace Weller Community Learning Officer Chiltern Open Air Museum 01494 871117 www.coam.org.uk <http://www.coam.org.uk/> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + GEM list: Contact the list owner for assistance at [log in to unmask] For information about joining, leaving and suspending mail (eg during a holiday) see the list website at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=GEM + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +