The Shipwright Arms gave up on Thursday night. George Hillyard, :Old George: had been there for 52years, save for a break of 8 years after his wife died/. at the age of 12 he was working in the Rowhedge shipyard and at 19 he sailed with the American yacht Margarita in Scotland. The yacht was caught in the Mediterranean when the American-Spanish war broke out. It ran the gauntlet of the Spanish blockade.
Eseex county standard 1955.
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