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Good old times: PLA Thames Pilots at Work


published on 18 May 2020 1776 -

Found on YouTube. Created by "Liquid highway"
Footage showing the ARCADIA leaving Tilbury Landing Stage and PLA pilot boarding sugar ship bound for Thames Refinery. footage taken from the documentary short film ' Till I End My Song'
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