Tales of London's Docklands
“AND THELAMB INCIDENT Jim L. and Joe B. were brothers-in-law. Jim was married to Joe’s sister. It was no secret the two men hated each other, although no one knew why, only that they did and kept as far apart from each other as possible. They were similar, though, in a number of ways – just like the North and South poles.
The two brothers-in-law both worked in the same ship’s gang as me. Jim was one of the two pitch hands (men who were part of the ship’s gang, but worked on the quay or in lighte...rs or barges) and Joe was the top hand (my eyes on a ship’s deck). I knew Jim’s face as well as I knew my own. I could see him and his mate on the pitch all day as they busied themselves with preparing cargo for loading. One or other of them was constantly looking up to see me in the crane cabin 60–80 feet above their heads, either to give me verbal orders or to make sign language that amounted to the same thing.
When Jim was bending down to his work, his black wavy hair stuck out of the yellow cravat he always wore to hide a wide, jagged scar that ran down the side of his neck.MoreLess
The two brothers-in-law both worked in the same ship’s gang as me. Jim was one of the two pitch hands (men who were part of the ship’s gang, but worked on the quay or in lighte...rs or barges) and Joe was the top hand (my eyes on a ship’s deck). I knew Jim’s face as well as I knew my own. I could see him and his mate on the pitch all day as they busied themselves with preparing cargo for loading. One or other of them was constantly looking up to see me in the crane cabin 60–80 feet above their heads, either to give me verbal orders or to make sign language that amounted to the same thing.
When Jim was bending down to his work, his black wavy hair stuck out of the yellow cravat he always wore to hide a wide, jagged scar that ran down the side of his neck.MoreLess
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