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Topical Budget 619-2: And Now Your Food Will Cost You More! (1923)
 

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AND NOW YOUR FOOD WILL COST YOU MORE. "Foodships, held up by Dockers' unauthorised Pocket-money strike". Long line of dockers standing on pavement outside a building. Rear view of a queue taken at a higher angle. "As idle as a painted ship upon a painted ocean". Ship in dock. Empty dockside with unloaded cargo. "On the beach at Dockville". Men, women and children on benches on dockside. Note: London dockers were on strike in protest against wage reductions.