Volume Twelve - Pre-Victorian to the Present Day - further aspects - A History of Penarth Dock by Roy Thorne . . .

Some of the lodging houses were not respectable, as "Cardiff Times" 21st October 1871 reported : -

"At the Police Court (Penarth on Friday George Andrews, aged 17, seaman of the brigantine "Mary Anring" of Plymouth, was brought up accused of failing to proceed to sea in the above vessel . . . The prisoner had signed articles in the ship as a Cook and Steward, but instead of proceeding on board on the stipulated day, was found in the company of prostitutes. Prisoner expressed sorrow and said he had overslept himself."

Once a man had signed articles it was considered a serious offence not to report for duty and George Andrews was sent to prison to undergo fourteen days' hard labour.

In 1866 the plant used in constructing the dock was sold and advertised in the "Cardiff and Merthyr Guardian", 3rd August 1866 : -