Coopers at work

Coopers are paid on piece rates and could expect to complete between 15 and 20 casks a day. The price of a completed cask is rumoured to be around GBP1,000.

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High tea hi!

September 14th 2009
Inverness - Findochty - Spey Bay - Cullen - Portgordon This is a land of lochs and whisky, seascapes, seals and sunsets. Aye, Pat and I are in the north of Scotland - not yet at the most northernmost tip of mainland Britain but a fair way north anyway. That northerly point has to wait a day or two. For now, we’re staying with friends at Findochty, about 50 miles to the east of Inverness ... read more

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Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more

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