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  1. News in Flashes: Stop Press

    Date released
    7 Sep 1950
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    2037
    NoS ID
    042583
    Story no
    4 / 8

    Cooper’s apprenticeship ends with traditional ceremony.

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  2. He’s a Cooper Now! A Roll in the Barrel Ends Apprenticeship

    Date released
    8 Dec 1955
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    2585
    NoS ID
    046247
    Story no
    5 / 7

    Twenty-one year old Robert Leece became fully fledged cooper in age-old traditional style.

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  3. Doggett’s Coat and Badge

    Date released
    1948
    Series name
    Shell Cinemagazine
    Issue no
    11
    NoS ID
    349963
    Story no
    2 / 3

    BFI synopsis: the annual race in London for Doggett’s Coat and Badge, and £20, the race is rowed in light skiffs from London Bridge to Chelsea, by young Thames watermen just out of apprenticeship.

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  4. Trussing the Cooper

    Date released
    31 Dec 1956
    Series name
    Colour Pictorial
    Issue no
    105
    NoS ID
    120321
    Story no
    1 / 3
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Pathe synopsis: One of Britains oldest traditions - and certainly the noisiest - is the ancient ceremony of initiating a lad after five years’ apprenticeship to the Society of Coopers, craftsmen of the...

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  5. Coastguards

    Date released
    1971
    Series name
    London Line
    Issue no
    372
    NoS ID
    326609
    Story no
    1 / 3

    COI synopsis: For the modern coastguards, who want to co-ordinate rescue operations involving ships, aircraft, and land communications, the old system of apprenticeship is no longer sufficient. We see the...

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