https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/18352 … use-london
Looking further into the topic, I came across several other interesting articles.
This one provides some detail about the task of oakum picking:
https://rovingcrafters.com/2016/02/01/p … ing-oakum/
And this one tells the story of a William who was the great-great-great-grandfather of the reporter who wrote about him:
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