Sperrins Gateway Hedge Laying Training 6

Sperrins Gateway Hedge Laying Training 3

Sperrins Gateway Hedge Laying Training 2

Sperrins Gateway Hedge Laying Training 5

Sperrins Gateway Hedge Laying Training 4

Sperrins Gateway Hedge Laying Training

Candidates in Action on Assessment Day

Accredited training - the finished hedge

Accredited training - in progress

Accredited training - before

HLAI members answer queries from farmers at Desertmartin Hands On Hedges Demonstration

The finished hedge at Desertmartin

Thomas Baker lays a stem as part of his City & Guilds training

Josias Cunningham's Diary P.3

Josias Cunningham's Diary P.2

Josias Cunningham's Diary P.1

Stem laid by George Midgley, Ballydugan 1938

Hedge Laying near Downpatrick

HLAI Jacket rear view

HLAI Jacket

The Hedgeducation Unit

Hezlett House - Finished Hedge

Hezlett House - Hedge opened up - very gappy

Hezlett House - Hedge Before Demonstration

Hezlett House - Robert Birtwistle (HLAI), Stella (HLF), Kath Bonson (George Midgley's great grand-daughter), Hugie Campbell (witnessed 1938 demonstration)

NI Minister for Agriculture Michelle Gildernew at the HLAI Stand at Balmoral Show 2009

Coleraine Chronicle, 1938

George Midgley's Programme in Co. Londonderry 1938

George Midgley at work in NI in 1939

Northern Whig 2-2-1938

Northern Constitution 26-2-1938

Belfast Telegraph 22nd February 1939

Some hedge laying tools and equipment

Laid and Bound Hedge, County Longford

Hedge Laying, County Meath

Evidence of old hedgelaying

Hedge beginning to go bare at base

Example of gappy hedge before laying

County Westmeath hedge laid 30-40 years ago - now needing to be re-laid