Comments on: Rachael South, Chair Caner https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/05/07/rachael-south-chair-caner/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Fri, 07 May 2021 20:28:50 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Catherine https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/05/07/rachael-south-chair-caner/#comment-1377338 Fri, 07 May 2021 20:28:50 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=186847#comment-1377338 What a wonderful story, and the images are fantastic! It’s nice to hear that someone is carrying on this trade–better to mend than toss, I say.

]]> By: Marcia Howard https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/05/07/rachael-south-chair-caner/#comment-1377334 Fri, 07 May 2021 19:52:47 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=186847#comment-1377334 What a wonderful inheritance, and long may these skills continue.

]]> By: Georgia Burg https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/05/07/rachael-south-chair-caner/#comment-1377322 Fri, 07 May 2021 17:35:33 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=186847#comment-1377322 Absolutely fascinating- thanks!

]]> By: Di Corry https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/05/07/rachael-south-chair-caner/#comment-1377317 Fri, 07 May 2021 16:44:15 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=186847#comment-1377317 A heartwarming story of a wonderful skill passing down through the generations. I wish I had an old cane chair for Rachael to repair !

]]> By: Colin Cohen https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/05/07/rachael-south-chair-caner/#comment-1377305 Fri, 07 May 2021 13:48:38 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=186847#comment-1377305 So glad trades like this survive. I remember caners in London well, maybe one of them was even Michael South

]]> By: Linda Granfield https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/05/07/rachael-south-chair-caner/#comment-1377294 Fri, 07 May 2021 12:00:07 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=186847#comment-1377294 A wonderful story of a beautiful craft. Perhaps Ms. South is teaching a fourth family generation?

Because she could find no one to mend my grandmother’s Victorian lady’s chair, my mother learned the craft in the 1970s, at a night school class. Only caning she did and it was amazing to watch the cane pattern grow.

I wonder how Grandfather South (and the other street caners) kept the cane damp while he worked in the street?

]]> By: Kelly Holman https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/05/07/rachael-south-chair-caner/#comment-1377290 Fri, 07 May 2021 11:12:50 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=186847#comment-1377290 What a wonderful heritage. Such fantastic skills and a tradition to be proud of.

]]> By: Rachel F https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/05/07/rachael-south-chair-caner/#comment-1377287 Fri, 07 May 2021 10:12:05 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=186847#comment-1377287 I so enjoyed reading about Rachael South’s work & family history in the craft.
Lovely photos and historical info, fascinating stuff.

]]> By: Ann V https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/05/07/rachael-south-chair-caner/#comment-1377276 Fri, 07 May 2021 07:48:09 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=186847#comment-1377276 Thank you for your article on Rachael South. I have enjoyed watching her on The Repair Shop and what a talented lady she is. Thank goodness for people like Rachael who are carrying on these old crafts.

]]> By: Achim https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/05/07/rachael-south-chair-caner/#comment-1377274 Fri, 07 May 2021 07:35:19 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=186847#comment-1377274 The Chair Mender — what fine craftsmanship! Good to know that there are people like Rachael South who know what to do in a pinch!

Love & Peace
ACHIM

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