Heritage Crafts

Lacrosse stick making

The making of wooden lacrosse sticks.

Note: We are mindful of the cultural issues around lacrosse and the fact that it originated with First Nations people of aboriginal Canada, and was thereafter appropriated by European colonisers.
EXTINCT
Status
Extinct
Craft category
Wood, Other
Current No. of professionals (Main income)
0
Current No. of professionals (Side income)
0
Current No. of trainees
0
Current total No. of serious amateur makers
0
Current No. of leisure makers
0

Craftspeople currently known

Former craftspeople:

  • The last lacrosse stick maker, Tom Beckett of Hattersleys, retired in December 2014.

References

National Lottery Heritage Fund
Swire Charitable Trust
The Royal Mint
Pilgrim Trust
Maxwell/Hanrahan Foundation
William Grant Foundation

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