Today I went to the Skills Show. In fact the real reason that I went along was to attend a conference about UKCES . I attended the conference and then had a quick (very quick) gallop around the actual skills show.
The Skills Show is aimed at school leavers and lots of employers and colleges were giving them a chance to try their hand at certain skills. The car and traditional construction industries (Plastering, carpentry etc.) were well represented, as were the hair and beauty industry.
And then I found this, and I felt I just had to share it with you.
Yep, tucked in a corner and with a few bemused youths looking on there was a Yurt and some one from a welsh college demonstrating traditional skills to build a Yurt!
Actually it looked rather cosy!
But I did not find anyone promoting skills in the textile industries (other than a college promoting fashion design!).
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ReplyDeleteThe college in question is Coleg Harlech in North Wales, we were demonstrating how 'greenwood' skills are used in making a yurt framework.
p.s. it was cosy, and the youths were bemused !
p.p.s I thought your friend and I were impeccable in our re-enactment of the potters wheel scene from 'Ghost'
Sorry - I have no idea who anyone else was. I was just snap happy as I walked by. But you're right! Touch of the Patrick Swazye's there (if that's how you spell his name!)
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