Christmas On Board Ship -- No Plum Pudding In The Workhouse : Firemen Harry and Jack buddies from Belfast, swelter in the Engine Room - "Workhouse" in sailors' language - where the temperature is 120?. "Fire" they say casually, "is the main danger down here". They and others of the crew on watch will get their Christmas dinner later, Meantime, a nice cup of hot tea helps to keep you going. February 11, 1952. (Photo by Nigel Watt, Camera Press).