Inside Appalachia
A Broom Maker Legacy
Season 3 Episode 1 | 24m 47sVideo has Closed Captions
A WV family takes on the dwindling business of broom making
In 2017, West Virginia Public Broadcasting featured one of West Virginia’s last remaining broom makers; Kanawha County resident Jim Shaffer. The story ended with a question: would this dwindling art continue once Shaffer retired? Well, it turns out, a whole family in Hampshire County makes brooms together, and they were inspired by Shaffer himself.
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Inside Appalachia is a local public television program presented by WVPB
Inside Appalachia
A Broom Maker Legacy
Season 3 Episode 1 | 24m 47sVideo has Closed Captions
In 2017, West Virginia Public Broadcasting featured one of West Virginia’s last remaining broom makers; Kanawha County resident Jim Shaffer. The story ended with a question: would this dwindling art continue once Shaffer retired? Well, it turns out, a whole family in Hampshire County makes brooms together, and they were inspired by Shaffer himself.
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