Singing The Fishing

The Scottish Fisheries Museum at Anstruther in Fife has a significant photographic archive and reference library.

YARMOUTH – THE HERRING HARVEST – from an old book of Norfolk water colour prints, with the caption: “Yarmouth is the largest herring port in the country, and in the autumn large numbers of Scottish girls come south to take part in the industry”

The Herring Harvest

Map of the Herring Fishing Grounds