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How many indentured wood turners are there in England

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hughie:
This maybe an odd question, but it has arisen after I read an article on Allan Batty. In it he was described as the, and I quote
"with the only living woodturner to go through an apprenticeship in England" unquote
My initial reaction was 'bollocks' But with some help of Google I have drawn a blank. so I will through it open to the forum for comment

BrianH:
I believe Allan was 'apprenticed' to his Dad. Is that an own-blown trumpet I hear? ;D
Brian

admalin:
In addition to my own Indentures I have those of my Great and GG grandfathers. One was a watch motioner, the other a watch guilder in Coventry. My GGG grandfather signed his son's with an X.
I got paid 11 shillings a week plus eight and four pence cost of living. Sounds archaic doesn't it? Their fathers had to pay. What I find most interesting are the conditions (rules) they had to comply with. For example they were not allowed to gamble, or fornicate.
How many of today's teenagers would stay that kind of course?
My guess is that today an 'apprentice' to a woodturner would expect to be paid and would be unlikely to have a written agreement. So the number is likely to be a few tending to none.

Tony Malin

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