"They were established in 1949 and they are still going. They made very good quality flags for all the shipping companies. There were several flag makers at the time but they are the only ones that...

There was another towering building under construction, the beacon over the new St John's shopping precinct which was built on the site of the old St John's market. The tower was needed as a f...

It was frequented by all the Chinese, it mainly sold brandy, it sold everything but that’s all that was drunk was the brandy. The seamen used to go in there because the Alfred Holt line, the B...

It was called The Nook and it was the only pub where they spoke Cantonese in there and it was amazing. Obviously a lot of the folk from the Chinese community came from mainland China or came f...

This used to be two pubs. This used to be the Bulls Head where we’re sitting now and in there used to be the called The Cornmarket. The office staff went to go to The Slaughter House but the b...

It was a pub and it was a grotty little place (laughs). It was sandwiched between the warehouses. Inside it was tiled, old fashioned tiles and the front was tiled as well. It had been quite a ...

"The Guinness boats came in here, I definitely remember that. I don’t know why it sticks in my mind, I presume it was because, you know everyone thought 'oooh the Guinness boats' and Guinness was v...

There used to be a pub there and all the old timers will tell you about it. I think they used to call it The Guinness House and at 12 o’clock they used to put like 12, 14 pints of Guinness on ...

The Duke’s Crown, in the days that The Duke’s Crown, in the days that we’re talking about Guinness did not travel well and directly opposite The Duke’s Crown was where the Guinness ships used ...