List of Welwyn Craftworkers Guild Members

A rich artistic heritage

By Catherine Davis

Miss A Adams Wood: carving and turning

Una Duncan Adamson: Stained glass, painting and embroidery

James Thomas Baily: Woodwork

Mr E Barraclough: Pottery

Mr J Bartlett: Wood carving

Fred Bennett: Wood carving

Joseph Douglas Allen Boyd: Furniture

Mr R Braddock: Pottery

Arthur Peter Brown: Carving and lettering

Mrs V Brown: Silversmithing

Albert Rowland Butler: Carpentry

Mrs J Croft: Needlework

Mr D Donne: Pottery

Mrs E A Donne: Pottery

Fred John Garrod: Wood working

Miss M Gibbs: Bobbin lace

Marjorie Gilbert: Lay member

Albert George Hammond: Joiner

Winifred E Harrison: Weaver and other crafts

Martin Hazelwood: Wood sculpture

Mrs B Hazlewood :Needlework

Mr R Hentall: Love spoon carving

George William Holton: Joiner

Wilfred M Jones: Calligraphy, engraving and iron work

Mrs B Kinghorn-Dickinson: Silversmithing and pottery

Tony Newman Wood: turning and furniture

Frederick Palmer: Carpentry

William Edward Pickerill: Clockmaking

Dreda Sawrey-Cookson: Calligraphy

Percy Sheldrick: Embroidery

Reginald Herbert Douglas Sinclair: Carpentry

Frederick Newland Smith: Gold and silversmithing

Harold John Stedman: Etching, calligraphy and woodwork

John Phillips Steele: Metalwork

J Tait: Pottery

Ralph Then-Bergh: Bookbinding

Robert James Edward Watson: Pottery

James Allan Westwood: Metalwork

Victor Whitehead: Wood sculpture and marquetry

Reginald Harry Wiles: Silversmithing

David Michael Willacy: Woodwork  

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  • My Grandfather John Phillips Steele was born in Staffordshire the son of a pottery engraver.He moved to Rye where he opened a shop and started in metalwork. From Rye he moved at the invitation of Mr Barry Parker the architect – planner to Letchworth, to Letchworth and set up a business as a Silversmith. He left for Welwyn Garden city by 1933. He became a member of Welwyn Craftworkers Guild when it was formed in 1945. Between 1936 and 1940 he exhibited numerous pieces at The Paris exhibition and The Welsh Eisteddfod exhibition. They included a ‘Brass Tea Tray’, four copper bowls, a Copper Vessel, a pair of Silver Vases, a Silver Birthday Cup’ and Silver Honey Spoon’.
    He died age 82 at home
    (28, Attimore Road W.G.C) in 1948
    His obituary appears the the Welwyn times .

    By Richard Steele (11/01/2022)