Old Photograph Forestry Workers Highland Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of forestry workers near Aberfeldy, Perthshire, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Construction Workers Perth Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of construction workers in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. There has been a settlement at Perth since prehistoric times, on a natural mound raised slightly above the flood plain of the Tay, where the river could be crossed at low tide. The area surrounding the modern city is known to have been occupied since Mesolithic hunter-gatherers arrived more than 8000 years ago. Nearby Neolithic standing stones and circles also exist, dating from about 4000 BC, following the introduction of farming in the area. Perth in Australia is named after Perth in Scotland.



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Old Photograph Wheelwrights Kilsyth Scotland

Old photograph of Wheelwrights in Kilsyth, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. These tradesmen made wheels for carts and wagons. From earliest recorded times Kilsyth was one of the main routes between Glasgow, Falkirk and Edinburgh, and is very close to the Roman Antonine Wall, the Forth and Clyde Canal. The Civil War Battle of Kilsyth took place on hillsides between Kilsyth and Banton, North Lanarkshire in 1645. Kilsyth was later closely associated with the various attempts by the Jacobites to regain the crown. The town economy has shifted over the past three centuries from farming, handloom weaving and extractive industries to light engineering, transport and service industries. Many of the townsfolk of working age now commute to work in nearby Glasgow and other larger towns nearby.



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Old Photograph Wheelwrights Brechin Scotland

Old photograph of Wheelwrights in Brechin in Angus, Scotland. These tradesmen made wheels for carts and wagons. A wheelwright is a craftsman who builds or repairs wooden wheels. The word is the combination of " wheel " and the archaic word " wright ", which comes from the Old English word "wryhta", meaning a woodworker as in Wheelwright. This occupational name eventually became the English surname Wheelwright, akin to Arkwright and Wright, the latter pertaining to all woodworkers, or to metal workers being called Smith. These tradesmen made wheels for carts, cartwheels, wagons, wains, traps and coaches and the belt drives of steam powered machinery. First constructing the hub, called the nave, the spokes and the rime segments, pronounced fillies any wheelwright will tell you the spokes are just to keep the nave from the fillies, and assembling them all into a unit working from the center of the wheel outwards. Most wheels were made from wood, but other materials have been used, such as bone and horn, for decorative or other purposes.



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Old Photograph Cobbler Perth Scotland

Old photograph of a Cobbler in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. Originally, shoes were made one at a time by hand. Traditional handicraft shoemaking has now been largely superseded in volume of shoes produced by industrial mass production of footwear, but not necessarily in quality, attention to detail, or craftsmanship. Shoemakers, also known as cordwainers and cobblers, may produce a range of footwear items, including shoes, boots, sandals, clogs and moccasins. Such items are generally made of leather, wood, rubber, plastic, jute or other plant material, and often consist of multiple parts for better durability of the sole, stitched to a leather upper. Trades that engage in shoemaking have included the cordwainer's and cobbler's trades. Today, shoes are often made on a volume basis, rather than a craft basis.



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