Cooper's apprentice wanted
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Proper apprentice 
My Granny's brother was a cooper, he made whisky barrels, and yes, he lived in Fife
Little fellow, very nimble and arms and shoulders roped with muscle.
M
My Granny's brother was a cooper, he made whisky barrels, and yes, he lived in Fife
Little fellow, very nimble and arms and shoulders roped with muscle.
M
Dying breed tends to suggest low pay and not much possibility to move around with the trade.
Bit like shop joiners where there's only a few places round the town that even has a proper workshop and its a very small world where you are stuck in the same workshop for most of your career.
Proper apprentice
My Granny's brother was a cooper, he made whisky barrels, and yes, he lived in Fife
M
Hey everybody I feel a song coming on!
Sent via smoke-signal from a woodland in Scotland.
If you are talking my my link, no, their main customers are beer breweries in the north of England.
Whisky usually uses old sherry, port or bourbon barrels.
