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Southampton Speaks Life of a port Sea people Southampton Queen Mary Voices Send this story to a friend Printer-friendly version

Life of a port

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		If you were carrying a stem of bananas, someone would get a piece of straw and tickle the back of your neck and panic stations then!			When the men were coming out of the docks they`d save a few sandwiches for the kids at the dock with no boots and stockings on ... `any bread left, any bread left`

	Calshot firemen (2:42)
	Calshot tender (2:18)
	Imperial Airways flying boat (4:49)
	Flowers for the liners (3:38)
	Union castle and the mail (3:13)
	Coaling ships (0:58)
	Insects on bananas (0:54)
	Beer for work (0:35)
	The brass tally system (1:04)
	Docks changed (0:41)
	Dray horses (1:06)
	The `Flying Breeze` (0:50)
	Getting work in the docks (1:13)
	Royal Mail meat boats (0:57)
	Union membership (0:41)
	Rivetting and boat building (1:23)
	Death in a timber yard (0:43)
	Victimisation of union workers (0:48)

Southampton Speaks Life of a port Sea people Southampton Queen Mary Voices Send this story to a friend Printer-friendly version