Issue No 100 | 29 June 2001 | |
Letters to the EditorA Tuckpointer Is ...
Re: Paul Howes - Once We Were Tuckpointers Dear Paul, In the last issue of Workers you wondered out aloud what the hell a Tuckpointer was and asked if anyone had the answer to let you know. Well here it is...
To quote To point (grooved mortar joints) with a thin ridge of fine lime mortar or putty. So without putting too finer point on it, Tuckpointers could have well played a foundational role in building NSW Trades Hall, so its nice to think they still might get a cut of the action in the financial divvy up. Question still remains though, are there any Tuckpointers out there? Cheers, Glenn Pidgeon
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