Under Oares. Reminiscences of a Thames lighterman, 1894-1909
Details:
- Author(s) Harris, Harry
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1978
- Pages 41pp; illus
- Publisher Centreprise Trust
- Place Published London
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Library:
- Name Barking & Dagenham Archives & Local Studies Centre [Valence House Library]
- City Dagenham
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode RM8 3HS
- Visit Barking & Dagenham Archives & Local Studies Centre [Valence House Library]'s website
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Notes:
Reminiscences of Harry Smith, b1880, as an apprentice and trained lighterman on the Thames. Cover years 1894-1909. Later on, in 1930s, he was foreman at Tilbury Dock for Humphrey & Grey Ltd. Not a business as such but the book gives insight into the organisation of the industry