Creating a bespoke 'Cherry' Rocking Horse - literally from tree to finished horse

Fifty Thousand Rocking Horses!

Fifty Thousand Rocking Horses!

Ever since the first one was made (over 400 years ago, for Prince Charles) wooden rocking-horses have been a favourite childhood plaything, although by 1976 the traditional craft of making them was all but dead. “I made one,” says Anthony Dew, “and everyone liked it. I thought maybe the craft was ripe for revival.” So Anthony and wife Pat and set out to become rocking-horse makers.

Made in Britain!

We are now officially ‘Made in Britain!’ Made in Britain brings together the British manufacturing community, united with the use of the registered collective mark.