MARRYING THE NEW TO THE OLD

Thirty-odd years ago a little single-decker called the HELMSDALE traded from Orkney to Leith with barrels, butts and hogsheads for the Midlothian distilleries. The whisky cargo was just too much of a temptation for the stevedores. The gangs trouped on board armed with plastic buckets. ” Watch and learn laddie, ” said the foreman when I asked what was going on.