Workshop of a cooper (barrel maker)The workshop of a cooper or barrel maker, with examples of the finished product out in the street
Coopers at work making wooden barrelsFour coopers hard at work in their workshop making traditional wooden barrels. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith
Smugglers Unload GoodsA band of smugglers unload their cargo of contraband into a secluded coastal cave, constantly checking for any nearby customs men
Trams causing havoc on a Belfast streetHorses, carts, wagons and pedestrians in an almighty crash involving two trams in Donegal Place in Belfast. The card caption reads: " Our Trammelled Streets" Date: 1905
London Gin Palace 1820Tom and Jerry at a London Gin Shop, drinking Blue Ruin with a variety of fellow-customers
Holmes / Hound / BaskervilleTHE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES Holmes shoots the sinister hound: " Holmes emptied five barrels of his revolver into the creatures flank"
Glenlivet Scotch Whisky distillery 1890Six thousand barrels of whisky in a bonded warehouse on the ground floor, Edinburgh, Scotland, proprietors Andrew Usher and Co. 1890
Tug of War winning team, Demosthenes, AberdeenTug of War winning team on board the Demosthenes, belonging to the Aberdeen White Star Line
Scotch Fishwives at work - EyemouthScotch Fisher Lassies at work - Eyemouth in Berwickshire, in the Scottish Borders. Standing by the herring barrels Date: circa 1907
Wine shipping posterSte Navale de L Ouest, transport des vins - poster for a French wine shipping company showing men on the dock waiting to load barrels of wine on to a steamship
1927 Ice Skating GirlA vivacious ice skating girl jumps over some barrels
Fishing boats and barrels in the harbour at Wick, Scotland
Neyland Fish Market, Neyland, Pembrokeshire, South WalesView inside the Fish Market in the coastal town of Neyland, Pembrokeshire, South Wales. The Ice Factory and Fish Market were opened on 16 November 1908
Oil Tankers of the Manchester Oil Refinery. Photograph by Heinz Zinram
Shire horse drawn drayShire horse drawn brewery dray passes through a village, delivering beer to The Lamb and Flag pub. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith
The Cellar Quartetto: Dr Syntax and companions in the wine cellar
Cooper Making BarrelsA Coopers workshop
The Brewer 1827Brewers sweat and toil as they stir and brew beer and haul heavy barrels up and down a ladder next to the sweltering heat of a kiln
London Gin Shop 1836A London gin-shop
Cider maker, Somerset, EnglandA cider maker wearing a trilby hat and an apron, leans on an old wooden wagon and drinks a pint of cider among the casks and barrels in the outbuilding of a cider works in Somerset
Gallo-Roman low-relief. Ferrying wine barrels and amphorae. Roman art. Early Empire. Relief on rock. FRANCE. PROVENCE ALPES CԔ E D AZUR. VAUCLUSE. Avignon. Mus饠 Calvet (Calvet Museum)
Unloading Ships at London Docks, 1908Illustration showing various cargoes coming ashore at London Docks, in the East End of London, 1908. Elephants tusks, barrels
Thomas Topham, StrongmanThomas Topham, the strong man, performing one of his astonishing feats of strength in Spitalfields on 28 May 1741, by lifting barrels weighing 1386 lbs (!)
NorwichThe old fish market at Norwich, Norfolk, at the close of the 18th century. Date: circa 1800
Poe / Cask of AmontilladoTHE CASK OF AMONTILLADO Fortunato, dressed as a clown, is duped into a trip to the vaults
Advert / Goblin WhiskyGoblin Scotch Whisky
North Berwick Witches casting spellsThe North Berwick Witches -- Satan lures Dr Fian and other misguided people to indulge in evil practices such as causing shipwrecks by casting spells
View outside a leather factory, Bermondsey, south LondonView outside Neckinger Mills leather factory, Bermondsey, south London. Date: 1842
Comic postcard, Scotsman with whisky barrel bagpipes. Date: circa 1900s
Royal Fusiliers marching in Peckham, SE London, WW1Men of the 4/1st City of London Regiment, Royal Fusiliers, seen here marching along a road in Peckham Rye, SE London, in the autumn of 1915. At the front on the left is Albert Auerbach (1894-1918)
Poster advertising Matthew Gloag & Son of Perth, Scotland -- famed for ports -- with a scene of port being loaded on the River Douro in Portugal
Advertisement for Moores Maltine Vinegar from the Midland Vinegar Company, available in five gallon sealed barrels direct from the brewery and ideal for pickling, salads and as a table condiment
Herring fishing station, Lerwick, Shetland Islands, with women packing fish into barrels for export
Allsopps pale-ale brewery 1853Interior of Samuel Allsopp & Sons, pale-ale brewery in Haydon Square, London. Date: 1853
Theo Gier, Pure California Wines & BrandiesCompliments of Theo Gier, Pure California Wines & Brandies, as seen at the International Exposition in San Francisco, USA, 1894. 1894
Group of working men with a dog, FranceGroup of working men sitting on barrels, with a dog, France. Date: circa 1920s
From Cellar to BarHow the beer gets from the barrels in the cellar to the beer-pull on the bar counter, thanks to carbonic acid gas in Hermann- Lachapelles apparatus
Whisky / 1890 TransportWhisky barrels are transported from distillery to railway station by steam traction engine
Royal Navy Seamen practice mine laying using weighted barrels. Date: circa 1907
Wine bottles and casks, D Oliveiras Lda, Madeira, PortugalA display of wine bottles and casks at the firm of D Oliveiras Lda in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
Steamship harbour at Algiers - the wine export sectionThe steamship harbour at Algiers - the wine export section. Thousands of barrels of wine awaiting transportation to Europe
Rendering Whale OilRendering whale oil in Holland
Brewer Takes SamplesA brewer takes samples from his barrels
Coal for fishing boats, Great Yarmouth, early 1900s
Fish barrels, Great Yarmouth, early 1900s
Barrels of fish being exported, Great Yarmouth, early 1900s
Great Yarmouth, early 1900s
Herring fishing, Great Yarmouth