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The End of an Era

As 2014 draws to an end, so does an era in the world of sport; as the final wooden lacrosse stick produced in the UK is made and sold. Tom Beckett of T S Hattersley & Son in Manchester, one of the world's last wooden lacrosse stick makers, has decided to retire from his craft and hang up his tools...

Photo: Schoolboys taking part in lacrosse practice in Kent, 1938 (Credit: Reg Speller/Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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