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1. Ron Foley - Introduction.
*Ron Foley - Introduction. Ron worked in the docks from 1955 until 1986. For 25 years he was based at the West India and Millwall Dock complex before moving downstream to...
2. Frank Shilling - Abiding memory.
*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...
3. Dick Desmond - Abiding memory.
*Dick Desmond - Abiding memory. Dick was an active trade unionist during his working life. In 1989 he was sacked after resisting attempts to privatise the docks and abolish the...
4. Alexander 'Nicky' Colley - Abiding memory.
*Alexander 'Nicky' Colley - Abiding memory. Nicky's father was also a docker. He was a member of the trade union organised by Ben Tillett, Tom Mann and John Burns in the aftermath of the Great...
 
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