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Straw crafts exhibit at the Museum of English Rural Life, University of Reading. The display includes a piece of roof thatch with the various tools and implements used to make, maintain and repair it; baskets; rope; decorative work including corn dollies and woven bands; and various tools and implements used in straw work.
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