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5 of 24 Unloading manure from barge THE WORLD - believed to be at Maylandsea. Postmarked 15 June 1920. Ron wrote the following article for Maldon & Heybridge Life, April 2015.
The card was posted from Althorne on 15th July 1920 and the writer was staying with Mr Brooks, Mill Road, Maylandsea.
The barge THE WORLD belonged to Charles Murrell of London about this time, who was responsible for barging Westminster's rubbish. She was built at Brentford in 1881 - the lack of sheer on her suggests she would have been more suited to London River work than the open sea. I doubt if she would have taken on such work in the winter months. Date: Before June 1920 Photo: Ron Green Collection Image ID RG07_025 Category 2 Blackwater-->Views
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