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\nThe ladies at our Thursday meeting keep on making brooms – there must be a constant demand for them. They do wear out when you sweep the dirt clear around your house daily. I thought I’d send along some pictures of our friends at work, since the last time I sent just the info without the characters.
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Stripping the leaf off the stems<\/p><\/div>
\nThey use various blades – in this picture you’ll see a knife blade without a handle on the right, an old sardine can lid in the middle, and half of a double edged razor blade on the left. After they strip the leaves, they bundle the stems together in a broom.
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