Alex Edgar - Abiding memory.

Repro ID: H5795

Description: 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 'Dominion Monarch' (1939). The men had to wear old sacking around their feet to protect them against the cold.

Creator: National Maritime Museum

Date: November 2003

Credit line: National Maritime Museum, London