Alex Edgar - Introduction.

Repro ID: H5794

Description: 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 shillings and sixpence (62 1/2 pence) a week. He later became a docker at the Royal Docks.

Creator: National Maritime Museum

Date: November 2003

Credit line: National Maritime Museum, London