John Is Dishing Up Cornish Kitchen Ranges of His Own

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Intricate designs on a handsome ornamental Cornish range have given a Westcountry engineer the inspiration to start building his own models to stamp his mark on the engineering industry. John Woodward, who trained as an engineer for Holman Brothers in Camborne, believes his future lies in the construction of the Cornish range because engineering is "dying" in Cornwall.

He said: "After restoring a few of the older versions, I decided to have a go at redesigning and I've actually built four brand new ones now. These are the first ones in 70 years. The last ones were made in the early 1930s.

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John Is Dishing Up Cornish Kitchen Ranges of His Own

"This has been my own diversification project from production engineering.

"It's been a fascinating story to see how the original design gradually evolved over time."

Mr Woodward, who has been in the engineering in...

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