Bermondsey Blubberers and Tubbers Traditional Cache
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Bermondsey Blubberers and Tubbers
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Small black magnetic micro cache, similar in dimensions to a 35mm case, marking the entrance to the Alaska complex in Bermondsey, South East London.
The Alaska Building was originally opened in 1869 for working Alaskan seal fur, it had a staff of 'clerks, shavers, blubberers, fleshers, dyers, tubbers and top-hatted wing-collared aproned craftsmen'. Only the brick entrance gates with the carving of an Alaskan seal on its façade remain of the old factory. Behind the gate stands a clean white art deco building made by the Architect Wallis Gilbert, who also designed the Hoover buildings in London. Originally the workmen would work endless shifts with barrels of beer instead of canteens and play spontaneous games of football. As working techniques and demands changed, the factory was continuously added to or rebuilt. It was bombed twice in WWll. In the fifties it had its first canteen, organised sports teams and new regulations about working hours, all of which seem to be reflected in the clean white scientific new building.
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Evtug unaq fvqr bs tngrf