Trussing The Cooper 1956

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Whitbreads (Whitbread's?) City Brewery, London.

Barbaric looking British tradition of "Trussing the Cooper" - an initiation ceremony for apprentice beer barrel makers that hasn't changed since the 14th century. The Society of Coopers perform this ceremony once an worker has completed five years...

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
1228
Time in/Out:
01:16:54:00 / 01:19:54:00
Canister:
CP 105
Film ID:
57.09

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jamied
May 16

Just to confirm that in the first line, the spelling should be "Whitbread's".

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