Vintage work crew photos

[Jon]

Men at work at the Cardiff Institute, making huge baskets, unique in size and construction, for loading press cake. Wales, 1938.

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[mklotz]

Are you sure they aren't making coracles ? It is Wales, after all.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coracle

[Hans Pearson]

Are you sure they aren't making coracles ? It is Wales, after all.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coracle

A Coracle is a bowl shaped basket with a waterproof covering, only about 12 inches deep.

[mklotz]

They're probably trans-Atlantic bulk carrier coracles undergoing assembly inspection before waterproofing in a huge vat of treacle.

[marksbug]

**** I had to get my glasses to read this..I thought it said they were making cockroaches baskets......

[marksbug]

ill have to admit those are pretty darn loud. jets & top fuel dragsters are about the loudest I've ever heard...and probably heard too much of them with out protection..but they are both the sound of freedom and as such I wish to hear them daily for the rest of my life.

[Duke_of_URL]

Today these men would be considered, "basket cases." ;-)

[hemmjo]

Today these men would be considered, "basket cases." ;-)

Perhaps, but you would not be able to say that out loud, lest you be labeled "insensitive" .....

[old_toolmaker]

They look like little kids playing in mom’s clothes basket. These guys never grew up!

[marksbug]

now my feelings are hurt.