The mate used to get erm on the dredger the tug and the two dumb hoppers, or the  dumb hoppers they used to get four pound five shillings a week  and erm and my father got five pound twelve and six and then it went so long we were given near the end of the dredger and er in the Harbourmaster's wisdom he cut us all down five shillings a week, so we get three pound fifteen shillings.