coopers

Great shot. Looking at the implement the man on the left was operating I suspect that it helped them to form up the cask? Any experts out there to tell us how it was done?

Swordscookie Would indeed welcome input from any coopers out there! It looks as if the foot pedal thingy (technical term) helped to increase pressure on the hoops??

Looks more like a fire, the foot pedal would pump air into it to increase the heat. The hoops are heated before they are put around the cask.

I think you're right Michiel! I was looking at the shape but when you view it at original size you can see it a lot better and it seems to be a portable furnace - for heating the rivets perhaps? I like the specialised anvil the other cooper is working on, specially adapted for his needs and no need for bending the back unnecessarily!

Michiel2005 Swordscookie Ah, that makes sense - a sort of brazier type affair...

I like the architecture here.

No idea where, but thinking Pugin ...

This is the McGarel Town Hall, Larne, Co Antrim. Google Street View The building is French Gothic, designed (1868-1870) by Alexander Tate and paid for by one of Larne's benefactors, Charles McGarel, JP, DL (1788-1876). McGarel was originally from Magheramorne, Larne, and had emigrated to Demerara, in Guyana, and made a fortune in the sugar industry.

Gerry Ward Gerry Gerry GERRY, will you give the rest of us a few minutes to read the description and have a think, before telling us the solution to the Photo. We are not amused...........(which I believe was a commonly used phrase of the time)

Gerry Ward Thank you very much, Mr Ward! Another Location Identified tag coming up (speaking of which, our anonymous Handball Court has just been identified). And considering DannyM8's profile pic, you'd think he'd know it's the early bird that captures the worm...