Here is an article from the BBC News (UK) website about "a family-run
tannery in Devon . . . believed to be Britain's only remaining
traditional oak bark tannery still in production".
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-14442109
"J & FJ Baker & Co Ltd is based in Colyton, Devon, and has been owned by
Andrew Par's family for 150 years - although a tannery is said to have
existed in the area since Roman times. Here Mr Par outlines the process
used to transform hides to leather."
There is a lengthy series of black-and-white photographs with a spoken
description of the whole process.
Linda Walton,
(in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, U.K., where - like most places in
England - we have had no unrest, let alone rioting, whatsoever).
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