Country Life
CAMPING CRAFTSMEN.
A vigorouS little group. of self-helpers, whose activities have been interesting Hampshire residents, is being given a certain amount of publicity by the Rural Industries Bureau. At various times in the past the Spectator has supported, directly and indirectly, those who have worked for the return to the land, especially in the making of cheap and pleasant homes, gardens, allotments, or crofts ; and this Hampshire experiment, which may spread to many . counties; is in apostolic suecession. This so named " Grail Fyrd " group is founded on the idea that capable men who forans., reason have no definite work or are on the dole, can add both to wealth and beauty and develop their own capacities, by practising crafts in small communities, living in camps and pooling their funds. They build and carpenter and weave and cobble or what not ; and believe that they will not only add to the sum of production in rural crafts but enlarge the taste. of the whole community for personal, as opposed to factory, work.
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