Docklands: Memories of the men who worked on the London docks during it hey day. ITV 1991.
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@ahbenjamin28892 күн бұрын
Life was so difficult. The work hard . Either you worked or no food. These men are special and heroes in my mind.
@manatee25003 жыл бұрын
A rare doc about the demise of conventional (breakbulk) cargo handling practices. This is a gem for those of us who have worked in the business and have an interest in maritime history.
@neilturner68653 жыл бұрын
My family worked on the River all their lives. I e been going to sea for 42 years sailed out of the Royal Docks and Tilbury
@mickymantle32332 жыл бұрын
I remember foggy Wapping right up to Tower Pier in the early sixties. This still held a magical Dickensian atmosphere. The ruby /amber light shining through the frosted pub windows & the slippery cobble stones all played on your imagination. It's all so plastic & sanitised today. I can't bear to walk through those streets anymore.
@marsultra70323 жыл бұрын
Great footage
@yvonnewilkinson98553 жыл бұрын
Love these documentaries
@DaveSCameron Жыл бұрын
Absolutely delightful yes!
@haroldofcardboard3 жыл бұрын
another time. another world ❤️. thank you for the upload.
@DaveSCameron Жыл бұрын
English world and seems like only yesterday.... #OurHistory
@robhedges76473 жыл бұрын
I remember as a boy of 3-4 years on New Year's Eve our family all going outside just before 12 to hear all the ships' sirens and then everybody on the street would bang saucepans and pass into each others houses.. the old boy at the end doesn't lie.
@tjm39003 жыл бұрын
I remember that too. My dad was on the PLA police and we lived in Eltham, but even out there we would go to the door step at midnight, New Years, and hear the ships whistles. Dad would find out what ships would play what tune, and we would try to make them out over the sounds of the others. All the neighbors would beat pats and pans or dustbin lids, and everybody would raise a drink to everybody else. If I were back there now,I would probably cry with sadness.
@DaveSCameron Жыл бұрын
As someone who's heritage is aside the River Mersey I feel every aspect and action these narrators talk of, the incredible spirit of the people is far too often overlooked but for me, having so many people who looked after us and the common beliefs were an education that's priceless. #Shipbuilding.
@philipdubuque95963 жыл бұрын
Brilliant Documentary! And nice to see Chis Elmers and hear his observations. From 1979 and 1986 (from abandonment to the start of gentrification) I took over 3,000 photographs of this historic area. Well done!
@MiltonKeynesEpos3 жыл бұрын
Great documentary
@DaveSCameron Жыл бұрын
Such a sumptuous and sublime subject that I can't imagine why anyone would desire anything more? 😂 🇬🇧👏
@jamesgoodwin24503 жыл бұрын
I think the office blocks will have their day to,and so the world turns
@tjm39003 жыл бұрын
I think so too, COVID has shown us that! How stupid to have a billion £ building that people have to travel to, to work during the day, and then travel back home amid thousands of people doing the same thing.
@luisortizgervasi38203 жыл бұрын
I'm amazed by the accent. This is cockney; isn't it? I mean the accent of the workers living in East End and whose work was closely connected to the docks
@tjm39003 жыл бұрын
Yes, in some parts of London the accent of the people around you sometime in the space of a 100 yards as you moved from one district to another.
@maxfitnesstraining1585 Жыл бұрын
Yes, cockney, proper old school Eastender right there
@spensert49332 жыл бұрын
And now for something completely different!
@joansavage18573 жыл бұрын
My Great Grandad was a lighterman on the Thames!
@bazza9453 жыл бұрын
Was that a young Boris Johnson out sailing on the river?!