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"The dockyard maties, cycled like a colony of ants, past the pubs and pie shops; women pushed prams full of out-work from the naval tailors, and sailors on shore leave, thirsty and lustful cruised the pavements."
- Waiting for the Tide
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"Walking through the dockyard was like entering a walled town populated by a vast number of skilled craftsmen: shipwrights, sailmakers, mastmakers, blacksmiths and carpenters and their labourers. Walking amongst the sailors, maties and and bowler-hatted foremen brought back a host of memories."
- Written on The Tide
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