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Robert "Barry" Barraby Bucknell (26 January 1912, Hampstead, London – 21 February 2003, St Mawes, Cornwall, aged 91) was an English TV presenter who popularised Do It Yourself (DIY) in the United Kingdom.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 28 relations: Apprenticeship, BBC, Catamaran, Conscientious objector, Cornwall, County of London, Daimler Company, Do it yourself, Ealing, Hampstead, Hardboard, Jack Holt (dinghy designer), Labour Party (UK), London, London Borough of Camden, Metropolitan Borough of St Pancras, Mirror (dinghy), National Fire Service, Plywood, Royal National Lifeboat Institution, Sailing, St Mawes, St Pancras, London, The Blitz, The Guardian, United Kingdom, William Ellis School, World War II.

  2. British boat builders
  3. People educated at William Ellis School

Apprenticeship

Apprenticeship is a system for training a new generation of practitioners of a trade or profession with on-the-job training and often some accompanying study (classroom work and reading).

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England.

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Catamaran

A catamaran (informally, a "cat") is a watercraft with two parallel hulls of equal size.

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Conscientious objector

A conscientious objector is an "individual who has claimed the right to refuse to perform military service" on the grounds of freedom of conscience or religion.

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Cornwall

Cornwall (Kernow;; or) is a ceremonial county in South West England.

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County of London

The County of London was a county of England from 1889 to 1965, corresponding to the area known today as Inner London.

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Daimler Company

The Daimler Company Limited, before 1910 known as the Daimler Motor Company Limited, was an independent British motor vehicle manufacturer founded in London by H. J. Lawson in 1896, which set up its manufacturing base in Coventry.

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Do it yourself

"Do it yourself" ("DIY") is the method of building, modifying, or repairing things by oneself without the direct aid of professionals or certified experts.

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Ealing

Ealing is a district in West London, England, west of Charing Cross in the London Borough of Ealing.

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Hampstead

Hampstead is an area in London, England, which lies northwest of Charing Cross, and extends from the A5 road (Roman Watling Street) to Hampstead Heath, a large, hilly expanse of parkland.

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Hardboard

Hardboard, also called high-density fiberboard (HDF), is a type of fiberboard, which is an engineered wood product.

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Jack Holt (dinghy designer)

Jack Holt, OBE (8 April 1912 – 14 November 1995) was a prolific designer of sailing dinghies.

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Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a social democratic political party in the United Kingdom that sits on the centre-left of the political spectrum.

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London

London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.

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London Borough of Camden

The London Borough of Camden is a London borough in Inner London, England.

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Metropolitan Borough of St Pancras

St Pancras was a civil parish and metropolitan borough in London, England.

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Mirror (dinghy)

The Mirror is a type of popular sailing dinghy with more than 70,000 built.

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National Fire Service

The National Fire Service (NFS) was the single fire service created in Great Britain in 1941 during the Second World War; a separate National Fire Service (Northern Ireland) was created in 1942.

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Plywood

Plywood is a composite material manufactured from thin layers, or "plies", of wood veneer that are glued together with adjacent layers, having both glued with each other at right angle.

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Royal National Lifeboat Institution

The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) is the largest of the lifeboat services operating around the coasts of the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man, as well as on some inland waterways.

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Sailing

Sailing employs the wind—acting on sails, wingsails or kites—to propel a craft on the surface of the water (sailing ship, sailboat, raft, windsurfer, or kitesurfer), on ice (iceboat) or on land (land yacht) over a chosen course, which is often part of a larger plan of navigation.

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St Mawes

St Mawes (Lannvowsedh) is a village on the end of the Roseland Peninsula, in the eastern side of Falmouth harbour, on the south coast of Cornwall, England.

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St Pancras, London

St Pancras is a district in central London.

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The Blitz

The Blitz was a German bombing campaign against the United Kingdom, in 1940 and 1941, during the Second World War.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.

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William Ellis School

William Ellis School is a voluntary aided secondary school and sixth form for boys located in Gospel Oak, London, England.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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See also

British boat builders

People educated at William Ellis School

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Bucknell