From:
"Simon Brown" <moonsong@zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz>
Date:
Sat, 14 Feb 2004 11:57:15 +1000
Subject:
bankers
Speculative masons describe the Stonemason's workbench as 'banker - quarry
bank or workshop bench on which the stones were worked'. Have a look here
(scroll down a bit): [URL now obsolete]
The original Stonemasons' Union in Australia, The Operative Stonemasons'
Society, were the first to win the 8-hour day in 1856, and the banner
displayed on the CFMEU site
http://www.cfmeu.asn.au/construction/proudpast/8hourday.html shows banker
masons at work.
Simon
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