An Indian 'lascar' seaman at King George V Dock 1959 Size:extra large Surrey Commercial Docks primarily handled

Surrey Commercial Docks primarily handled timber imported from Canada

The photograph was taken very close to Church Street (now Dean Stanley Street)

but could then be re-imprisoned once they had recovered

It shows group of passengers (mother with baby and small child

and throughout the 1920s and 30s presented a string of highly successful musical shows

An Indian 'lascar' seaman at King George V Dock 1959 Size:extra large Surrey Commercial Docks primarily handledAn Indian 'lascar' seaman at King George V Dock. Sailors from India had been coming to Britain since the East India Company first recruited them in the 18th century. A community of Indian seamen grew up in the Docklands areas of Stepney, Poplar, Canning Town, and near the West and East India Docks.