Old Photograph Fishwives Leith Edinburgh Scotland

Old photograph of Fishwives in Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland. Fish always formed a large part of the food of the people of the area, and, down to the early days of the nineteenth century, was almost the only meat the poorer classes could afford. Newhaven was the chief source of this supply. For centuries, before the days of railways, the fishwives of Newhaven travelled to their Edinburgh customers by Whiting Loan, through Broughton village and up Leith Wynd, where, they entered the High Street by the Netherbow Port.



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