On Tuesday the 4th of November we had a visit from Rich the Blacksmith as part of the Heritage in Schools program. Rich is a professional blacksmith who has taught and demonstrated blacksmith skills for over 15 years. He is passionate about the craft of the blacksmith, working and creating forged items with the most basic of tools - Pumping the bellows to force air into the fire and hitting glowing pieces of iron to form beautiful items and using techniques that haven’t changed since the Iron Age. On the day the children got a chance to pump the bellows and to hit glowing pieces of iron to make a cross.
