Charlie is caught carving an appropriate bit of lettering. It's part of an Alexander Pope quote that Charlie carved onto a set of gorgeous new benches for the National Trust's Prior Park. Credit for making the benches themselves goes to David Oldfield the cabinet maker.

Charlie's work on the Oldham Borough Coats of Arms, and all its districts, has recently helped to gain him acceptance into the prestigious Society of Heraldic Artists. So he can now officially write SHA after his name. No suggestions for alternative expansions of this acronym please....

Photo shows Charlie standing proudly on the staircase of the Oldham Civic Centre having just fixed them all in place.

"Oldham hands carved Oldham Arms" as the painter, Sarah Godsill, memorably put it!