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Anderson's Cooperage Leith Docks 1993 |
© Copyright: Peter Stubbs Photograph taken 28 January 1993
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Anderson's Cooperage |
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Anderson's Cooperage was based in one of the large sheds near the Constitution Street entrance to Leith Docks. It had been open for about a year when I visited the company in 1992, its workforce having increased from one to five, then fallen to three. The workers were experienced coopers, having previously worked for Kinnairds at Leith. The shed was full of old barrels and straw, with traditional tools still being used. The note on the door advertised garden tubs. The office door was kept closed "to keep out the wild cats". The company survived until around the mid-1990s. |
