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Extract from Salisbury Journal 26th February 1753. A sailor on board the "Industry" had his thigh broken when a hogshead of salt fell on him.
Newspaper
Museum Ref No: G3b_00331927 tour of land boundaries; the Mayor, Herbert Carter, reading aloud to the Admiral's jurymen and others outside the Custom House; jurymen dressed as sailors
Photograph
Museum Ref No: G3b_00221926 tour of land boundaries; Mayor, Herbert Carter, Lady Mayoress, Mace-Bearer and jury dressed as sailors at boundary stone on Hamworthy Quay
Photograph
Bertha Welch in Sailor Dress
Photograph
Museum Ref No: F2d_0001Sailor George Blake in uniform 1945
Photograph
Museum Ref No: CalPatRollsHenryVI5pp270Commission for a muster to be taken of soldiers from Poole and Portsmouth to be sent to France, and for ships and sailors to be requisitioned to transport them. 6th June 1449.
With thanks to the Calendar of Patent Rolls project of Professor G. R. Boynton and the University of Iowa. J. Hopkin.
Document
Museum Ref No: CalPatRollsHenryVI3pp340Requisition of ships and sailors from Poole for transportation to France. 24th Oct 1439.
With thanks to the Calendar of Patent Rolls project of Professor G. R. Boynton and the University of Iowa. J. Hopkin.
Document
Museum Ref No: CalPatRollsHenryVI3pp312-313Order for the requisition of ships and sailors from various ports including Poole, by Robert Tourgeys and John Doge, customs officers of Poole and Melcombe. 4th May 1439. (2 pages)
With thanks to the Calendar of Patent Rolls project of Professor G. R. Boynton and the University of Iowa. J. Hopkin.
Document
Museum Ref No: CalPatRollsHenryVI3pp273Order for the requisition of ships and sailors from southern ports including Poole, to transport soldiers to France. 28th March 1439.
With thanks to the Calendar of Patent Rolls project of Professor G. R. Boynton and the University of Iowa. J. Hopkin.
Document
Museum Ref No: MA 1890A photograph of Mabel Conway and Harry Conway in fancy dress as Swiss Girl and Sailor Boy. Taken from the Mayoress Album 1890.
Photograph
