Rivets Trivets & Galvanised Buckets Life village

A hymn to hardware, charming, lyrical The Sunday Times, BOOK OF THE WEEKA paean to DIY The TimesStrung together very agreeably, with dry wit and, dare I say it, considerable polish Country LifeIn 2018 Tom Forts daughterinlaw took over a centuryold hardware shop. The family dreamed of developing the shop into one that would become the centre of village life that much did come true, but not in the way they had expected. Interweaving the evolution of the shop, its previous owners, the customers it serves and the items it sells, Rivets, Trivets Galvanised Buckets offers a delightful study of community and shines a light on the eccentricities of ordinary people. Alongside, it presents a fascinating history of technological development from who thought of screwdrivers to where the spirit level came from, who devised the process of galvanisation and what genius worked out that a suction pad on the end of a piece of wood could unblock sinks. As Tom recounts A little girl came with her father into Heath and Watkins, looked around for a while and said "Daddy, this is the shop of EVERYTHING". This is the story of how that happened. | Tom Fort Rivets, Trivets & Galvanised Buckets : Life in the village