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Watermark painter Mr Arthur Hainis in one of Cardiffs dry docks painting marks on the Norwegian tanker Erling Borthen which is undergoing repairs. 1st March 1954
A Tyne foyboatman, member of a dying trade, ties up his boat alongside others at the ferry landing at Mill Dam, South Shields
Swansea South Dock in April 1959. Winter has just past and we are into spring when this picture was taken. The boats have been sitting here throughout winter but soon with summer approaching
Sippers the mongrel mascot dog of HMS Soberton, pictured at the Fish Quay, North Shields on the River Tyne. Sippers jumped ship and was missing for 24 hours before returning to the vessel
The foyboatmen go to work after the launch of the SS Eleanor Brooke at Austins yard in Sunderland. 2nd February 1938
Near their destination the foyboatmen cast off and then take a heavy mooring rope ashore. In the boat with Charlie Ash, is his mate Jack Pottinger, of South Shields
Idle foyboats at the South Shields ferry landing denote slack times and lean pickings for the Tynes foyboatmen. 29th April 1964
Burly Alec Stephenson, one of the Tynes select band of 33 foyboatmen. 18th November 1976
One of the toughest jobs on the river Tyne is that of the foyboatmen - the men who have to deal with the mooring of ships
South Shields foyboatmen brave a keen wind and choppy water as they go out to meet a customer. 29th April 1964
Porthmadog harbour in the Snowdonia National Park. 24th April 1980