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Comment | Great Pompey Myths Debunked - No 1 The Origin of Scummers
at 14:08:06
Not sure about the strike in the 80's, from memory, wasnt everybody on strike at that time!
One thing for sure, Southampton Dockies have never ever crossed a picket line in Portsmouth Docks, FACT!
The only record of a picket line being broken was in the late 19th century at Southampton No 4 gate, Broken by The Royal Artillery who was based at Portsmouth Naval Dock yard.
There is however another slant on why the skates(normal term for a Naval City/Port) call the very fine people from the posh end of the M27 Scummers, and that is in the 1920/30's Cargo & Passenger ships heading to Southampton would flush the er, poo tanks out off of the I O W, before entering Southampton water, hence they would leave a trail of "scum" of off Spit head. |
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