In addition, stonemasons are surely far more readily available than bricklayers.
So that, presumably, the stonemason could have been made a defendant.
That building is being restored and is the means of training more stonemasons.
The company puts in plans and asks for planning permission to build a stonemasons' workshop at the edge of the quarry.
The cost of materials and labour has multiplied by five times since before the war, and skilled craftsmen and stonemasons are very scarce nowadays.
No joiner may do anything if it is supposed to belong to a plumber, and no bricklayer may do anything belonging to a stonemason.
The stonemason has disappeared from most building and his place has been taken by three new trades—the bricklayer, the plumber and the electrician.
There are disturbing cases of headstones being offered at a price way above that which would be charged if one went directly to the stonemason.
