Old Photographs Fishwives Wick Scotland

Old photograph of Fishwives in Wick, Scotland. The earliest harbour here began in 1803 under The British Fisheries Society, to exploit the huge seasonal herring fishing. Trade at Wick peaked around 1900 when some 1120 fishing boats were based here, and over two particularly busy days landed fifty million fish.

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