Buxworth Well Dressing

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How the dressing was produced

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First of all the frame is constructed.
Picture from Buxworth Well Dressing 2000

Have you been framed

The Puddling
Picture from Buxworth Well Dressing 2000

Kieth Holford is puddled, so Lynda said?

The frame is filled with clay
Picture from Buxworth Well Dressing 2000

Terry's hard at it again - all in the cause of well dressing

Pricking out the holes where the flower stems go.
Picture from Buxworth Well Dressing 2001
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Pricking out the clay for the well dressing

Putting the clay into the frame 2003
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Buxworth ladies getting the headboard ready

Starting to insert the flowers in the side panels 2002
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Young villagers lending a hand

Starting to take shape 2003
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Inserting the flowers into the mud outside the Navigation Inn

Moving the frame 2003
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The main well dressing panel is transported across the Navigation Inn car park to Bugsworth Basin

Setting up the main frame 2003
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eee by gum, that's heavy

The Well Dressing Dressing 2005
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