Volume Ten - Pre-Victorian to the present day - even more aspects - The Cooper family of boat-builders at Penarth and Pill . .

◊ 1879 - The Cardiff Times reported that John James and Thomas Edmunds, shipwrights, of Penarth, were charged with intimidating George Griffin, a Bristol shipwright, on the 30th July. When Mr Griffin was on his way to the steamer at Penarth after finishing a job for Mr Cooper, he was surrounded by a crowd among them were the prisoners. He was hustled and threatened with death if he returned to Cardiff after receiving a black eye! They were found guilty and sentenced to one month's imprisonment. - Cardiff Times [019] [361] 18th October 1879.

◊ 1879 - Charles Cooper passed away at the age of 73 years. The death was registered in the district of Bedminster (a suburb of Bristol), Somerset, between July - September, 1879.

	◊ 1882 - Cooper's boatyard at Pill - A section of the 1882 OS map indicates the dry dock which was incorporated during the early 1880's.
	◊ 1880's - Cooper's boatyard at Pill - An overview of the boat-yard and a photograph of the dry-dock, Mr. John Cooper and the men and boys.
	◊ 1887-88 - The Cardiff pilot yawl 'Breeze' was built at the Pill yard of John Cooper.