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Dockers' Stories from the Second World War is a collection of
several true stories, drawn from Henry Bradford's time as a
Registered Docker in the Port of London. Men were often killed and
injured during their every-day work on the docks; nonetheless,
never was the bravery of these men so tested as during times of
war. Henry heard many stories from dockers in his time working the
docks but it was their wartime adventures that seemed most vivid.
Henry Bradford's lively stories and colourful characters reveal the
bravery of ordinary men in World War Two, from Captain Jim Fryer's
ship towage work on Calais roads and Dunkirk beaches, and saving
lives of survivors from the bombed hospital ship Paris, for which
he was awarded the DSC, to Petty Officer Jack Hicks' quieter but
equally memorable posting steering a clinker-built boat on a
hush-hush job from the Thames to the north-east, his crew
consisting only of an inexperienced co-man and an incredibly
efficient WREN. This book is sure to appeal to those whose
relatives worked as dockers, and to anyone with an interest in
London's East End at war.
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