Woodworker receives a £16,000 rebate

In June 1941 an 18-year-old apprentice cabinetmaker, L.F. Gillet of Stratford-on-Avon, won first prize in the prestigious Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers annual competition. The prize was a dovetailed steel and rosewood rebating mitre the ASW had specially commissioned from the Norris factory.

In addition to a silver plaque on the front inscribed with the name of the prize-winner, this tool e…

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