In others, traditional Chinese joinery patterns used in wood construction were mimicked in masonry.

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North Liverpool Regeneration Company has also agreed to train 10 people in joinery, bricklaying and construction.

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Computer Station in Llanelli will provide the hardware and Swansea joinery company David Sparkes is building the kiosks.

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Politicians in southern Scotland have said the loss of 40 jobs after a joinery firm called in administrators is "utterly devastating" for the area.

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The pieces have free-flowing edges, dovetail joinery, inlaid butterfly-shaped bridges of contrasting wood that stop natural cracks from spreading and at least four coats of a hand-rubbed oil finish.

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Mr Copeland begged the chairman's indulgence, stating that he was a joiner by trade and was keen to see the "early joinery work" in an outbuilding at Prehen House, a property listed in the Audit Office report.

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