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41. Harry Paris introduction.
	Harry was born in 1925 and in 1941, aged 16, he became a wharfinger at Metropolitan Wharf, Wapping. After the war he worked as a casual docker at...

42. George Thurgar - Abiding memory.
	George recalls attending the daily 'call-ons' at each of the docks when labour was hired for short periods. Only the lucky few would be selected, the...

43. 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...

44. Frank Shilling - Recollections of changes in the Port of London.
	Frank describes the great changes that have taken place along the river since he worked as a docker. The wharves have all closed and been transformed...

45. 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...

46. 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...

47. George Adams - Recollections of changes in the Port of London.
	George compares the busy commercial river of the past with the quiet river of today. Where once there were hundreds of ships, barges, tugs and...

48. Alex Edgar - Abiding memory.
	Alex started working with a dock gang at the Royals. He recalls handling the huge imports of frozen meat from the Commonwealth on ships like the...


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