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Group Of Coopers At The North British Distillery c.1928

1928
Group Of Coopers At The North British Distillery c.1928
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John Jack (Jock) Burgess (front row, far left).

John Jack (Jock) Burgess lived in Manderston Street and worked as a cooper at Ainslie Baillie & Co in Leith for a while before moving to the Stenhouse area where he worked at the North British Distillery Co in Slateford.

During World War One Jock served in the Royal Navy, travelling to South America and the Fauklands.

[see also 0547-001 and 0547-002]

Donor number: 0547-003

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Daily Life
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1920s 1928 apron arms-crossed barrel bonnet boots borer british building business cap cask commerce cooper cooperage courtyard distillers distillery door drink Edinburgh fashion gate group hammer hands behind back hands clasped lamp men North North British Distillery scarf shavings shirt sitting Slateford standing THELMA tie tool Trade trousers waistcoat wall warehouse whisky work workclothes worker workyard yard
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