Most
of the trades you can see here are
still active in the modern community.
You will find carpenters, chemists (not spelled
chymist !), and coal merchants in todays
Yellow Pages. Some, though, are not
as familiar.
In
Victorian times there were no plastics and glass was fairly expensive.
Large quantities of liquid were therefore transported by barrel.
The cooper in his workshop made wooden
barrels. (see left). This was a very skilled
and important job. When not needed the barrels could easily be taken apart
and stored until needed again.
Curriers
were involved in preparing skins and producing leather hides from them.
In a time before plastics were invented
leather was widely used.
Local shoemakers and saddlers would
rely on the curriers and tanners for their raw materials.
