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Stonemason Andrew Ziminski talks about some of Britain’s most impressive buildings and monuments

Stonemason Andrew Ziminski. (Photo by David Hampton)

Stonemason and author Andrew Ziminski talks about some of Britain’s most impressive buildings and monuments and shares his experiences of working on several of them

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