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In 1960 a boxing gym took whoever walked through the door, put him in with somebody experienced to see what he was made of, and kept no record…
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In 1965 a racing yard took boys at fourteen, housed them on the premises, worked them seven days a week, and answered to almost nobody about how any…
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In 1960 the windows of a skyscraper were cleaned by a man who climbed out onto the sill, hooked a leather belt into two bolts in the frame,…
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In 1965 a coal-fired power station was the largest thing in its district, burned trainloads of coal a day, employed hundreds of people across a dozen trades, and…
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In 1960 a harbour tug was positioned against a moving ship by a master judging everything by eye from a wheelhouse with a compass and an engine telegraph,…
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In 1965 a merchant seaman signed on for a voyage that might last eighteen months, could not legally leave the ship until it ended, had no way of…