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The North Enders

1982 , King's Lynn (Norfolk)

Cat no. 838

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Documentary about King's Lynn's North End fishermen and the pink shrimps they catch.

The town's old whaling industry is described, then the Greenland Fishery and its modern quarry, the pink shrimp. Views of the fishing fleet, fishermen mending nets, and old photographs continue the town's history and introduce the North Enders, a community of fisher folk living at the North End of Lynn. A scientist, Peter Warren, talks about pink shrimp fisheries and explains why they are only fished for in the Wash. Frank Castleton, the last man to catch shrimp under sail, talks about fishing in his small sailing boat. Lynn Saturday Market displays samphire and shrimps for sale. On board the Jean Howard, the shrimp net is paid out. There is a view of the Eastern Seafisheries Committee fast launch, Protector. The net is hauled in, the cod end undone and the catch examined. The catch is sorted mechanically and the shrimp are boiled in baskets, then spread out to cool. Pink and brown shrimps are compared. Back on land, the shrimps are prepared for freezing. Fish merchants talk about their businesses and a fisheries officer tells of the rivalries betweeen boats and towns. Wooden boat building is demonstrated. A sequence shows how to prepare shrimps to eat. Finally, there is a fishing boat and its catch of shrimps.

Featured Buildings

Greenland Fishery; Retreat Public House; Fisherman's Arms Public House; Victoria Public House;

Keywords

Boatbuilding; Fish markets; Fisheries; Fishermen; Fishing industry; Shrimps; Whaling

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The North Enders

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