Old Photograph Of A Fisherman Hauling In A Creel Off The Coast Of Crail East Neuk Of Fife Scotland

Old photograph of a fisherman hauling in a Creel off the coast of Crail, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. In 1765, 8 Scottish fishermen, almost certainly also local friends, lost their lives together in a fishing disaster very close to Crail harbour in Fife. The deaths of the 8 men left 6 newly grieving widows, 12 fatherless sons and 18 fatherless daughters. 5 of the children were orphaned, their mother having already predeceased their father. 2 of the fishermen, Henry Burns and James Key had children born months after the disaster; another was in the process of arguing with the Kirk Session that he was not the father of a daughter born out of wedlock just weeks before the drowning. The local community rallied round to support the families.



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