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Subject: Re: [NZ] Prisoner of debt, lighterman
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 17:24:48 EDT

Hi


Lightermen were workers who transferred goods between ships and quays,
aboard flat-bottomed barges called lighters.

You might find the following site interesting:

_http://www.riverlee.org.uk/history/hist-05/hist5d/hist5d.htm_
(http://www.riverlee.org.uk/history/hist-05/hist5d/hist5d.htm)

Chris

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  • Re: [NZ] Prisoner of debt, lighterman by bruce <>
  • Re: [NZ] Prisoner of debt, lighterman by Margaret Nicholas <>
    • Re: [NZ] Prisoner of debt, lighterman by "Shirley Arabin" <>
    • Re: [NZ] Prisoner of debt - sources of information by Michael & Bridgit <>
  • [NZ] Prisoner of Debt, Lighterman by Margaret Nicholas <>

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    • Re: [NZ] lighterman bit of trivia! by Ainslie Pyne <>