A Cooper cutting a staves with a side axe to make the side of a barrel using hand tools to cut the oak wood at Devizes Wiltshire

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Coopper Alastair Simms working at Wadworth Brewery Devizes on of the last cooper working

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Size: 5448px × 3502px
Location: Devizes Wiltshire England Great Britain UK
Photo credit: © paul felix craftsmen / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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