Old Photograph Crofter Shelling Bait Shetland Scotland

Old photograph of a Crofter shelling bait outside a cottage on the Shetland Islands, Scotland. The preparation of bait was a labour intensive, daily task undertaken by women and children, often involving a ten hour day to gather mussels from the shore, shell them, and bait the hooks.


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