I remember the old Tinker being guest of honour at this very rural area I was visiting. People gathered to admire his work and he worked SO fast with very few tools and his hands. The finish was perfect.
I must have known at the time that I was seeing something important because although I was very young but I must have paid attention as I remember it clearly and I remember the older people telling me about how the Tinkers used to come to their houses when they were young to mend their things.
Have you read any good books lately?
To think that London, or anywhere else for that matter, does not belong to any one demographic