Eastward Ho! August 1857 Frame:white Imports handled by this dock

Imports handled by this dock included

Many of these occurred in seaside towns near London such as Clacton

it was at Tate & Lyle's where you could earn the most generous wages and enjoy the best social life

Lower Thames Street

The government issued this propaganda poster urging women to join the Women's Land Army during the Second World War

Eastward Ho! August 1857 Frame:white Imports handled by this dockEastward Ho! August 1857 by Henry Nelson O'Neil. The painting relates to the vivid drama of soldiers boarding a ship at Gravesend. They are leaving to fight in the first Indian war of Independence in 1857. A companion painting Home Again, 1858 shows the soldiers' return a year later.