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Graffiti Dating Back 100 Years Found on Dorchester Shepherd Hut

Conservationists have discovered graffiti that is 100 years old on the walls of a shepherd hut in Dorchester. The writing reveals that even back then people were obsessed about the weather.

The cabin in Dorchester was being restored when workers came across pencilled writing from shepherds who used the hut as shelter during the lambing season when they were needed day and night. It was Johnno Farrar, carpenter of Plankbridge Shepherd Huts was the one who discovered the writing on the walls.

It would seem that many of the shepherds used the wooden walls as a diary to record the weather conditions they endured or to note their daily tasks. Some of the extracts of the writing include:

From March 1-7, 1903 one shepherd recorded the weather conditions for one week as ‘stormy, wet, fine, stormy, wet, fair, wet’ for seven days.

“This weather is enough to make a man swear black is white and red is blue and chills through the **** of his trousers and cut his throat with his shirt collar.” February 6, 1907.

The weather was ‘cold enough to kill the devil’. February 12, 1909.
Mr Farrar said: “We have been commissioned to restore a lot of these huts that have been rotting away in the corner of a farm somewhere for the last 100 years. In recent years there has been a bit of a trend to turn these old wooden cabins into holiday lets.
“These huts were mainly used for shelter during the lambing season which took a few weeks and the shepherd would have had to be close at hand throughout that time.”
“The pencil has lasted well and hasn’t faded with the years. It is fascinating to read after all this time.”

The huts are being refurbished into holiday lets which will cost £6-8,000. Some have also been converted into offices and a sauna.

If you have graffiti that doesn’t have quite the same historical value then contact companies that offer stone cleaning services and the application of magic graffiti . This industrial coating protects and prevents surfaces from unwanted graffiti.

Skills needed to work in a supermarket

In most of urban Britain, you are never more than a couple of miles from a major supermarket chain. Chains such as Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury’s and Morrisons are expanding all the time and are therefore all amongst the UK’s most prominent employers.

Supermarkets are frequent employers of both young unskilled workers and older generations who fancy a relatively stress-free occupation. However, there are still some traits which supermarket managers look for when interviewing for an entry-level supermarket job.

This article highlights some of the skills required in order to work for a supermarket.

Work ethic

One of the main promises that supermarkets aim to fulfil is that their staff will work as hard as possible to ensure that customers can complete their shopping efficiently.

This means that their staff have to maintain a decent work ethic in order to stack shelves, assist customers or scan barcode labels as quickly as possible. This is especially important during busy weekend or bank holiday periods where supermarkets are often overwhelmed with customers.

Customer service

Supermarkets will expect all their employees to have a basic knowledge of what quality customer service involves and how to ensure that every customer leaves their store happy.

It is a must that every staff member deals with a customer query as professionally, politely and efficiently as they possibly can.

People skills

Many supermarket jobs involve constant interaction with customers. As such it would be ideal for all staff to be friendly and a confident speaker. Those that leave those customers smiling after any interaction are likely to ensure that they will choose the same supermarket for any grocery shopping they need in the near future.

Whilst wearing a company uniform, staff are representing the nationwide brand of their employer so it is important to hire those that embody the values of the company brand.

Paper is mightier than the keyboard

There are a number of reasons for why some of the top businesses in the world make use of an automated document factory (ADF) within their day-to-day operations. However, ultimately, control has to be the common denominator.

Printing companies with an ADF in place are able to smoothly compile, print, mail/ship and analyse a wide range of marketing documentation. This could be in the form of transaction printing (bills, checks, policies, etc.) or marketing materials (brochures, literature, etc). Businesses with an ADF can control the content, speed and quality of the document run at any time they want.

Although the principle of ADF can be applied in the digital environment, it is most commonly associated with printed documentation. As a business has control of whether to distribute its material in a printed or electric form, it begs the question: which is better?

Despite the emergence of mass emailing, actually receiving a physical document that is addressed to you is satisfying. Even though an email can contain your name on it, there is something distinctly corporate about receiving a mail-shot online compared to through the door or on your desk.

As ADF has the ability to personalise documents, it also has no disadvantages over any other form of printing or emailing and sending.

Printed documentation offer permanence in a way that an email never can – until the email is printed of course. However, a physical document is needed on more than a few occasions. For example, contracts, pay slips and human resource matters should always come printed for legal purposes.

Similarly in business, letters, memos and briefings can all be carried around if they are on paper. This makes paper more versatile than its digital counterpart; particularly as digital communications, if not stored, will require the internet to access them.