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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Old Photographs Children Wick Scotland

Old photograph of children by the harbour in Wick, Scotland. Wick's history stretches back, at least, to the era of Norwegian rule in Caithness, which ended, conclusively, in 1266's Treaty of Perth. The name Wick appears to be from a Norse word, vík, meaning bay, the word viking.

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Old Photograph Scottish Carpenter Wick Scotland

Old photograph of a Scottish carpenter in Wick, Caithness, Scotland. Wick's history stretches back, at least, to the era of Norwegian rule in Caithness, which ended, conclusively, in 1266's Treaty of Perth. The name Wick appears to be from a Norse word, vík, meaning bay, also the word viking. The Castle of Old Wick is situated approximately 2 kilometres south east of the town on the North Sea coast.



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Old Photograph Harbour Wick Caithness Scotland

Old photograph of fishing boats returning to the harbour at Wick, Caithness, Scotland. Thomas Telford, engineering genius, Thomas Stevenson, father of Robert Louis, who lived in Harbour Terrace, and local man James Bremner, whose distinctive " Round House " overlooks the Inner Basin, and whose memorial stands above the Old Lifeboat shed, were all eminent civil engineers who built the harbour,



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Old Photographs Wick Caithness Scotland

Old photograph of Wick, Caithness, Scotland.



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