Thomas Trevis Smith Ltd., barrel making, Cradley Heath
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Barry Henley erecting a shrub tub.
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Barry Henley erecting a shrub tub.
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David Harvey hooping a polishing barrel of solid oak, used for industrial polishing of articles such as needles.
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Joseph Gill firing the barrel after one end had been shaped and hooped.
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Joseph Gill rearing a barrel from ready-cut staves.
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Allan Smith (left) and his brother, Ralph, with some coopers’ tools.