Steve. My carving career began in my childhood, carving figures of my favourite cricket player, Ted Dexter. Later an engineer and boat builder by trade, I have worked with wood ever since. When my best friend’s first child was born, nearly thirty years ago, I made and carved my first rocking horse. It proved so popular that I made more to satisfy demand. I started in a friend’s garage in Selwyn road, Edgbaston, Birmingham then, after a couple of years carving from a narrow boat, moved to Shropshire then finally, to our Stroud workshop.
Bea. I helped Steve with the making of his first rocking horse in Birmingham in 1983-84. After five children and years of working as a carpenter, tiler, decorator, plumber and general maintenance, I re-joined Steve three years ago and became a rocking horse maker again at Tetbury Rocking Horse Works.
Our workshop is situated at Rooksmoor Mills, Woodchester, near Stroud, with easy access on the Bath Road and ample parking.