Under Oars Item Info
- Title:
- Under Oars
- Description:
- Harry Harris recounts his life as a dockworker, beginning with his childhood and continuing through his career as a waterman and, later, a lighterman on the River Thames. He started his apprenticeship at age thirteen, despite the dangers of his ideal jobs. Harris fondly remembers finding employment in the difficult times while highlighting the importance of dock workers.
- Publisher:
- Centerprise
- Creator:
- Harry Harris
- Date:
- 1978
- Type:
- text
- Subjects:
- dock work water work childhood Centerprise London dock workers class memoir working-class
- Language:
- English
- Is a Part of:
- Trades Union Congress Library Collections, FWWCP Collection, Region 8 London, Box 12
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Under Oars", Digital Collections, FWWCP
- Reference Link:
- https://library.bc.edu/ds/fwwcp/items/fwwcp08l12380.html