1980: How to make a classic English cricket bat

Cricket bats have been crafted in Robertsbridge, Kent since the 1800s. Reporter John Hitchins travelled to the Gray-Nicolls factory to look at the slow process of making a bat, from seasoning the willow wood, to shaping and assembling each part.

Clip taken from Nationwide, originally broadcast on BBC One, 23 May 1980.

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