Small boat with Seine net, a number of men and children look on at the catch or preparation to commence fishing.
This type of net was used to catch, pilchard, sardines, herring by form ing the net in a loop and pulling to shore.
Marazion in the…
Officially named the Bedford Bolitho Gardens, these were opened in l916 on the site of the old serpentine works at Wherrytown in Penzance. They were a memorial to Thomas Bedford Bolitho, a member of the banking family in Penzance.
The gardens were…
Written on the reverse of the photograph in two hands: "Newlyn fishermen preparing bait" and "C. 1938 Skinning dogfish 'Half a Crown' or 'Envelopes' Williams in Trilby (hat)".