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11. George Adams - The first night of the Blitz.
	George witnessed the first night of the Blitz in September 1940. He was working on the river when his vessel, which was towing barges, was caught in...

12. Bert Redwood - Introduction.
	Bert was born in 1925 in Canning Town. After serving in the navy during the Second World War he worked in the ship repair industry before becoming a...

13. Alex Edgar - Recollections of changes in the Port of London.
	Alex worked at the Royal Docks and recalls how fast the dock gangs could unload a ship full of frozen carcasses. He also remembers the changing...

14. Alex Edgar - Introduction.
	Alex Edgar was born in 1925 and worked as a post boy at Manhattan Wharf in Silvertown after leaving school aged 14. For this work he was paid 12...

15. Alex Edgar - Abiding memory.
	Alex recalls the dirty and unhealthy conditions in which he was forced to work. While working for the Shaw Savill line at the Royal Docks, he and...

16. Dick Desmond - Introduction.
	Dick was born in Poplar in 1938. Throughout his working life he had several jobs on the river. In 1953 he started work with Alexander Ship Towage,...

17. Dockers re-united
	See what happened when we re-united a group of ex-dock workers

18. George Adams - Introduction.
	George started work aged 15 as an apprentice lighterman. After six years learning his trade he was given a licence granting him freedom of the river...

19. George Adams - Abiding memory.
	George's first day as a lighterman began at six in the morning on the tugs at Brunswick Pier, Blackwall. After a year he moved to barges to gain more...

20. Frank Shilling - Abiding memory.
	Frank was a member of the National Port Shop Stewards Committee, an unofficial organisation established by the rank and file dockers in opposition to...


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