The early years after WWII saw older men who had sustained the
Docks through the War years and had learnt their skills in the
early decades of the Twentieth Century, still working with a
discipline little changed since Victorian times. AE Smith worked in
the Royal Docks from 1947 until their demise three decades later
and was an eye-witness to the events and conditions described here.
Wide ranging yet detailed, this account describes the people,
cargoes, equipment and craft involved in the manhandling of
hundreds of tons of disparate items out of ships' holds and into
barges or onto the backs of lorries. Focusing on Royal Mail Lines
and their general cargo stevedores, Furness Withy, this record is a
last look at a working environment long since extinct as recalled
first hand by someone who knew the formidable commitment involved
in achieving their work rates.
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