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National Dock Labour Board: London Dock Labour Board: Definition of Dock Work Files
Catalogue reference: BK 19
What's it about?
BK 19
This series contains a random sample of files from the London Dock Labour Board (LDLB), relating to the definition of dock work.The series comprises files relating to specific companies, and concern the question of whether or not work being...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- BK 19
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Title (The name of the record)
- National Dock Labour Board: London Dock Labour Board: Definition of Dock Work Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1940-1988
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains a random sample of files from the London Dock Labour Board (LDLB), relating to the definition of dock work.
The series comprises files relating to specific companies, and concern the question of whether or not work being performed in the transfer of goods or materials between ship and shore was required to be performed by registered dock labour. Some papers pre-date the creation of the National Dock Labour Board in 1947.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 33 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Labour
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2892/
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