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Mill Dam
Posted by peter cook on 9/11/2025, 6:26 am
Merchant seamen waiting for the shipping office to open at Mill Dam, May 1929. Photographer was J.H. Cleet.
Re: Mill Dam The men
Posted by Allan Campbell on 9/11/2025, 9:17 am, in reply to "Mill Dam"
Peter another excellent photo.
Seeing the various groups of men gathered together I wonder if they are what I understand were in what was called Rings, or maybe about to form or disperse from Rings.
Certainly in 1937 there were Rings outside Leslie’s.
Each Ring was usually for a particular trade, joiner, carpenter, platers etc. a foreman or similar would come out of the Yard and pick out workers.
How do I know this. Davy Cram wrote about them in his memoirs and his son Barrie gave me a copy of the part that contained information about my Grandfather Campbell for which I was very very great full for.
Keep the Photos coming. Allan C.
Re: Mill Dam
Posted by Joseph on 9/11/2025, 10:16 am, in reply to "Mill Dam"
Absolute peach of a photo, hope more to come.
Re: Mill Dam
Posted by Jean(Gosforth) on 9/11/2025, 11:26 am, in reply to "Mill Dam"
What an amazing historical photo. Reminds me of when seamen went to the ‘pool’ to get a ship.
