This account was recorded on the 9th March 1994. Margaret Bride met a man then aged about 75 who told her these stories. At that time the man was living in Williamstown. He had been a member of the Painters and Dockers Union.

• Troop trains went down to the pier in 1940-41 with the A.I..F. going to the Middle East. The railway line was guarded by A.I.F. security guards to prevent sabotage on the line.
  
  
• In the depression of 1929-1932, the trains went down the line carrying the scabs to the work on the waterfront. The people from the homes in Evans Street, Station Street, Farrell Street and so on used to stand along the line pelting the carriages with eggs etc.
  
  
• My grandmother and grandfather were Thomas who lived in 79 Evans Street then moved into 77 Evans Street .
  
  
• During the big Dock Strike a great crowd demonstrated at Station Pier picketing against the scabs. One policeman was over nervous and instead of firing over the heads of the demonstrators he fires at them, hitting a 14 year old boy in the back. He died of course.