The "Tilbury Scrubbers" (part 2)


Caption:The ‘char ladies’ of Tilbury out in force to clean the liner ‘Belgenland’ after its arrival at the Tilbury Dry Dock.

These local women were employed to clean passenger ships docked at Tilbury and became known affectionately as the Tilbury Scrubbers.

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