Many things started to happen at Trehenry, The makers guild was just being formed, I was asked to join and help. There were good orders coming in from the top end Kitchen shops in London, salad bowls of all sizes, fruit bowls, platters. Then Galleries wanted the more artistic work, one off pieces. Never a dull moment, I was in a good place because of contacts in forestry and the timber trade I was able to obtain the very best of hardwoods, Elm, Ash, Beech and Oak, I would find some more unusual woods coming off the Country Estates, lots had been planted in the time of , "Capability Brown", and the plant hunters like "David Douglas". In the time period, of the Great Industrialist, from 1714-1837 Georgian time on through, Queen Victoria and on into the time of King Edward, in the Edwardian times 1901-1914. a lot of tree planting took place. I always looked forwards to October, when Chelsea fair would come round, for the first three years of my doing this one, going to London and getting my work excepted was easy, I got on well with Lady Phillipa Powell, who would always greet me with a big hug. Such a genuinely beautiful Lady, she had such a grace and kindness. The Craft Council took it on, I think Lady Powell had made such a success of building the fair up. It was becoming a lot of hard work for her, and the girls that were employed to help. The organising would start when one fair finished, then it was on to getting sorted for the one to follow, I`m not sure how long it had been running before I attended my first one, but the three years with Lady Powell will always carry my best memories. With the Craft Council came the more Querky crafts as I call them. Getting away from much of the traditional. I,m not saying this was wrong, and it`s down to personal taste, but it did change. I would send in slided of my work, and fingers crossed I would get in. I done nine Chelsea`s in total and four times at "Creative Eye", the trade fair, organised by the Crafts council, this was held in the February of each year. I don`t know what happened, but after 1990, it all seemed to fissal out. I now started to concentrate all my time on "From the Wood", the gallery was getting a great lot of people coming in. We started getting other good turners to Exhibit. the quality of work was always a priority. With form and finish at the forefront. I had got a lot of good publicity, "Gordon Warr", a writer for Practical woodworker, the best woodworking magazine around at that time. Called up at Trehenry and done a three page story on my work, His artical`s, " People and Places, were he would cover different wood crafts and the people working in them was a very popular read. Then I had some TV coverage on the welsh farming programme that went out on a Suday, around lunch time. That certainly got the phone wringing. My good memories of Chelsea are the people I met, some becoming Great friends. At the very first fair and when I was sent the catalougue the names, "Bert Marsh and "Ray Key", jumped out at me. These were two of the finest turners around. I had not met either of them face to face, never even spoken to them. But I did know their work. "Bert Marsh had taken the Gold medal at many of the woodworking shows, I had come across Ray`s work in "Collection" a gallery in Ledbury, where I also had work excepted for display and I might add, sold very well. I was, nervous, Me showing along side, these esteam Craftsmen. Well I need not have worried, on first meeting we all got on fine. In fact, from that time on each evening after the closing of the Exhibition for the day, we would go and find somewhere nice to eat and socialise. Chelsea Kitchen became a favourite, It was always full for good reason, The food was very good, and a bottle of house wine was cheap. We could get a starter, Main course, sweet and a bottle of wine for a tenner,(£10). For London this was good. Now and then for a change we would go to a Cabby`s cafe in Pimlico, It was alway`s full and very noisy, Not talking, but shouting at each other in order to be heard. I found this place amusing. Mind you, we should have worn hear defenders, because we often came out from there with the noise drumming in our ear`s. This was the time when Alan Mitchel, editor of Practical woodworker took us out for a meal, then back to his office in the King`s reach tower building, The office was on one of the upper floors, so a Great view across London and up and down the river Thames. It was now in the early hours of morning, I`m sure our wives were not amused when we woke them with phone calls ,. Moving on, The Guild of Master Craftsmen publications, had lots of books coming out on all sorts of craft skills. "Bernard Copper who was one of the Editors, came to the fair, and he too invited us out for a meal, Bert, Ray and Myself together with Bernard had a lovely evening. This was when we discussion on if we though a magazine solely dedicated to woodturning would be worth publishing. we all ageed it would go down well. Hence the birth of WOODTURNING. It`s been a Great success around the world. I will stop now for the day other work to do, catch up tomorrow, you all, were ever you are in this world , enjoy the day, enjoy life.