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Herring Harvest Home

1925 , Great Yarmouth (Norfolk)

Cat no. 984

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Scenes showing the Scotch fisher girls in Great Yarmouth in 1925.

A shot of one of a fisher girl lifting a barrel above her head. There are other fisher girls and barrels piled up in the background. A steam drifters lined up along the quay and men at work unloading them. One of the fisher girls bandages her fingers ready for work. Two hold their bandaged fingers up for the camera. There are shots of the girls carrying crans, gutting fish and then packing them in salt. Three of the girls sit knitting, propped up against the barrels. There is a close up shot of their smiling faces.

Keywords

Herring fishing; Fisher girls

Intertitles

1,500 Scotch Lassies manipulate millions at Yarmouth - where Bloaters come from! Bandaging for work. After hours.

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Herring Harvest Home

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