Diageo Recruit First Female Coppersmith Apprentice

[William]

The traditional craft of a coppersmith is hundreds of years old but up until now in Scotland it has always been a male dominated craft but I am pleased to say that this most traditional of crafts has achieved a new first with a female apprentice taking up the coppersmith’s hammer and torch, Rebecca Weir, 18, from Alloa has been recruited by Diageo Abercrombie as a first year Modern Apprentice.



Read more here:

http://www.scotchmaltwhisky.co.uk/firstfemaleapprenticecooppersmith.htm
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[Quaich1]

Great news at the right time in the business.
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