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10 Mar 2013: A Message of Appreciation

I would love to publish my thanks on the net somewhere .

Grace Wyatt

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14 Feb 2013: West Dean Furniture and Clock Conservation Courses

As BAFRA Members and Friends will know from receipt of an amended inside front cover page of the latest Journal, Issue No. 41, a very serious mistake was made on the Chairman's page reporting that the West Dean College Furniture and Clocks courses are closing after 40 years.  BAFRA apologises very sincerely for what has since transpired as a totally untrue statement.

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28 Dec 2012: Veneering and Marquetry

The latest in BAFRA's popular series of Training Days was held at the workshops of gilder and BAFRA member Rod Titian and lead by BAFRA Chairman Bruce Luckhurst with some assistance from Mike Goater who wrote this report and took the photos.

It was an intense day, but from departing remarks a valuable and much enjoyed one.

“This was the final Training Day for 2012 and new ones are being planned for 2013.

We would be most grateful for any suggestions from BAFRA Members and Members of the Public on topics they would like to see covered, both repeat subjects and new ones. Any suggestions should please be passed to Bruce woodwise1@live.co.uk  or to BAFRA Head Office headoffice@bafra.org.uk . New Training Days will be emailed to all members and those who have attended any of the 2012 training events.”

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