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Object numberCARCM:2009.40
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Mr Keane explains how the hook was used by dockers: "This docker's hook was used by dockers to hook into sacks (for example a sack of potatoes) and then they would sling it over their shoulder. It was given to me by a docker. All the dockers had them. Everything would be in sacks: meat, grain, vegetables. The hooks were used to bring the sacks down from the ship's hold or to unload them from the warehouse."
George Hawkins recalls what it was like to work at the docks: "There was a lot of discipline in my younger days, and they could do with some of it now. I remember on one occasion I was sent home for arriving at work three minutes late. There's nothing can compare with a docker's life. Until 1972, apart from accident injuries, I never had a day's illness in my life. I think I've been very fortunate in not only liking my job, but enjoying good health and the open-air life."
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Physical descriptionTool with a short wooden handle and metal hook.
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Dimensions
- Height: 240 mm
Width: 115 mm
Depth: 80 mm
