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To me, Jack is an everyday hero, who worked in all conditions
through the Liverpool Blitz. It's difficult to overestimate
just how strong, just how cohesive working-class communities were
in this era and the dockers of Liverpool
were a classic case. Thanks to men like Jack
and his father, the port of Liverpool remained
operational throughout the war. Ensuring that Britain was fed,
equipped and armed. But I can't imagine
how Jack Greenall could have sustained his job without his fellow workers
and the protection of his father. The sad truth
is that he had little else
through the Liverpool Blitz. It's difficult to overestimate
just how strong, just how cohesive working-class communities were
in this era and the dockers of Liverpool
were a classic case. Thanks to men like Jack
and his father, the port of Liverpool remained
operational throughout the war. Ensuring that Britain was fed,
equipped and armed. But I can't imagine
how Jack Greenall could have sustained his job without his fellow workers
and the protection of his father. The sad truth
is that he had little else
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To me, Jack is an everyday hero,
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who worked in all conditions
through the Liverpool Blitz.
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It's difficult to overestimate
just how strong, just how cohesive
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working-class communities were
in this era
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and the dockers of Liverpool
were a classic case.
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Thanks to men like Jack
and his father,
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the port of Liverpool remained
operational throughout the war.
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Ensuring that Britain was fed,
equipped and armed.
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But I can't imagine
how Jack Greenall
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could have sustained his job
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without his fellow workers
and the protection of his father.
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The sad truth
is that he had little else.
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Movie Summary
Historian David Olusoga charts 180 years of British history as lived by the successive inhabitants of a single home in a British city - from its construction to the present day.
