General view of Falmouth Docks looking down from Marine Drive. "King Alfred" in the Queen Elizabeth dock with a backdrop of tug St Merryn nudging bulk carrier "Captain Carras" into position for docking.
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.
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…
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…
Two men pictured fishing for mackerel with long rods. The fishing rock picture here in the 1920s (note long rods and browse-can) is one of several situated at the foot of granite headland. Getting onto it entails climbing approximately 200 feet to…