Doctor Drivel wrote:


The issue was largely one of 'shrinkage'. It was a rare place of
business (long before car boot sales) that didn't have someone
married to, or related to, someone 'in the docks' who could supply
low-cost goods.


A whole dock complex closed because a few Dockers were pilfering cargo?
Are you serious?


That isn't what I said. It wasn't a few. It was one of the major factors
in wanting to move to containers, and the reason for opposing the move
was not because the dockers didn't think they were competent to handle
containers.