Not implemented directly by Commission-inspired legislation, the role had been in decline ever since the creation of new docks in the East End and Surrey whose owners would not allow access to the fellowship. An Act of Parliament finally dissolved the fellowship in 1894, giving each former ‘fellowship’ porter compensation. However, ex-porters continued to make claims on the City of London’s benevolence funds for some decades: there were still 16 former Fellowship Porters alive in 1932. REF: -http://zythophile.wordpress.com/2007/11/02/the-forgotten-story-of-londons-porters/.
