Tucking a pilchard seine was when an exceptionally large catch was netted. The 'tucker' was a smaller net used to keep the bulk of the catch in the main net (centre of photograph) while the main catch was carted away. In this case, a week's work by…
Tucking a pilchard seine was when an exceptionally large catch was netted. The "tucker" was a smaller net used to keep the bulk of the catch in the main net (centre of picture) whilst the main catch was carted away. In this case a week's work by all…
About 60 members of Mebyn Kernow, a Cornish nationalist movement, carrying slogans and the flag of St Piran (Cornwall's 'National' flag) pictured near the Buckie (registered GALLIC MAY) as they call for a 50-mile limit and six-mile fishing zone for…
Lowestoft boats moored at Newlyn in the 1930s. Steam drifters, they could be seen from Cornwall's southern cliffs as a long string of sparkling lights on the horizon when they fished the pilchard harvest from late August into October.
L to R: C T Angove (manager), Iris Lamb, Clarice Jenkin, Olive Jenkin, Dorothy Harvey, Vera Trembath, Chrissie Harvey
Same group and location as PEOP 4.003 and PEOP 6.001
Very overcrowded Bus used on Helston-Lizard run. Large advert for shops in Abergaveny: W. Bevan furnishing, ironmonger. Unreadable advert on side originally read: "Go to R.M. Williams for spectacles for all sights. Eye specialist and optician, Cross…