The photograph is part of a serie likely to have been taken by Bill Doyle (Reverend C.J. Eldridge-Doyle), who was a keen photographer like many of the chaplains as he often uses the Ilford paper to print his images. It demonstrates one of the activities on offer at the Mission and documents how common indoor smoking was at the time.The photograph depicts the activities offered to seafarers while on shore leave at the Mission during the 1950s-60sBlack and white photograph depicting two men standing by a table tennis table. One is smoking while the other is holding a table tennis paddle. There is a poster visible in the background.Reverse: ILFORD in repeat 1940: stamped in redtable tennis, ping pong, sports, games, flying angel, mission to seamen, flinders street, seamen's mission, seamen, seafarers, sailors, smoking, claude james eldridge-doyle, reverend c.j. eldridge-doyle

The 9 photographs taken by reverend C.J. Edldridge-Doyle (called Bill Doyle), depict the 3 mission buildings around 1953-54. There are three photographs per buildings. On the envelop, he wrote a message to Pearl (from a photography lab) ordering glossy prints in 8x10 inches. with a PS message: "You'll be glad when we go to England". The archives still holds 4 prints of this size (2 of the Port Melbourne building, 2 of the Williamstown building). Reverend Eldridge-Doyle was chaplain between 1953 and 1958, then in 1960 he replace Padre Oliver for a year before Perry Mitchinson.The photographs depict the three mission's buildings used from 1943.2 strips of 9 black and white Ilford negatives with the beige colour wide envelope where they were kept.Written in blue ink on the envelope is written instructions to print the images addressed to Pearl from Bill Doyle. "PS: You'll be glad when we go to England. Dear Pearl, Sorry to be such a confounded nuisance. Do you think you could do 2 of each of these in 10x8 glossy? The ones of Port Melbourne appear to me to show had camera shake but may be ok. Could I have them tomorrow? Bill Doyle"bill doyle, pearl, negatives, mission's buildings, port melbourne, williamstown, melbourne, mission to seafarers, 1950s, v.b. merlin, 2 greenwood st, reverend c.j. eldridge-doyle, claude james eldridge-doyle

newspaper clipping with portraitwritten in black ink: The Age, 20 June 1960claude james eldridge-doyle, bill doyle, reverend c.j. eldridge-doyle, orcades

Newspaper clipping with photographs of Reverend Eldridge-Doyleclaude james eldridge-doyle, bill doyle, reverend c.j. eldridge-doyle, reverend t.p. kerfoot, reverend frank leslie oliver, felicity eldridge-doyle, orcades

Colour photocopy on A4 size paperInscription handwritten in black ink in capital letters by Nancy Oakley: "The Age" 14 June 1958nancy oakley, mission to seamen, nancy dingle, williamstown, st nicholas the mariner chapel, randall stewart murray, george craven, opportunity shop, claude james eldridge-doyle, maude breaks, reredos, louise (lulu) amy breaks, hlg, j. wallace, mrs v. paterson, mrs w.j. hockin, mrs v. darvill

In 1944 the Williamstown Mission moved to the former English, Scottish and Australian Bank (ES&A Bank) building.large b & w photograph street view of the Williamstown Missionwilliamstown, es&a bank, claude james eldridge-doyle