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Transcript of a recorded interview with Margaret Wildig, a straw craft expert who undertook craft work alongside Sybil, and introduced Sybil to the root house thatcher.

Sybil and Workman by the Root House during its construction

Workman and Sybil by the Root House during its construction

Workman sitting with ladders by the Root House.

Shortly before her death Sybil had this thatched structure built, in The Dell, from uprooted trees. After her death it became unsafe and was taken down.

Close up of man working on the roof of the Root House

Building of the Root House; working on the roof

Man working on the roofing material while building the Root House

Gathering roofing material for the building of the Root House

Building of the Root House with builder putting in the setts with millstone in the centre

Building of the Root House, showing standing roots and outside setts