Old Photograph Fishermen Winching A Net Full Of Fish Coast Of Fife Scotland

Old photograph of fishermen winching a net full of fish aboard a fishing boat off the coast of the East Neuk of Fife, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Fisher Folks Laying Out Cod To Dry Cellardyke East Neuk Of Fife Scotland

Old photograph of fisher folks laying out Cod to dry by the harbour in Cellardyke in the East Neuk Fife, Scotland. I was raised in this old fishing village on the East coast and attended Cellardyke Primary School and Waid Academy in Ansruther. I was raised a Dyker. Cellardyke was formerly known as Nether Kilrenny, Scots for Lower Kilrenny, or Sillerdyke, and the harbour as Skinfast Haven, a name which can still be found on maps today. The harbour was built in the 16th century and was rebuilt between 1829 and 1831. By 1860 Cellardyke was a thriving town, with more than fifty boat owners and skippers year round, and one hundred other captains joining in for the annual herring fishing drive or Lammas drave which took place around the Lammas festival on August 1st. There was also a February surge in fishing, when shoals of herring arrived in the Firth of Forth. The fish curers of Cellardyke salted and smoked cod and herring from Anstruther as well as their own fish, sending some of their wonderful food to London, and some as far as the West Indies. Blog Post of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.



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Old Photograph Fisherman Repairing Fishing Net Crail East Neuk Of Fife Scotland

Old photograph of a fisherman repairing a fishing net outside his cottage in Crail, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. Blog Post of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.



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Old Photograph Fisherman With Lobster Creel Crail East Neuk Of Fife Scotland

Old photograph of a fisherman carrying a Lobster creel outside his cottage in Crail, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. The word creel is also used in Scotland chiefly in the coast to refer to a device used to catch lobsters and other crustaceans. Made of woven netting, similar to that used in traditional fishing net, over a frame and a slatted wooden base, this type of creel is analogous in function to a lobster pot. Several creels shot on one line can be referred to as a " leader ". Crab and lobster are a popular Scottish food.

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Old Photograph Fishermen Mending Creels Pittenweem East Neuk Of Fife Scotland

Old photograph of fishermen mending Creels at the harbour in Pittenweem, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. Founded as a fishing village around a probably early Christian religious settlement, it grew along the shoreline from the west where the sheltered beaches were safe places for fishermen to draw their boats up out of the water. Later a breakwater was built, extending out from one of the rocky skerries that jut out south-west into the Firth of Forth like fingers. This allowed boats to rest at anchor rather than being beached, enabling larger vessels to use the port. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland. I was raised in Anstruther and spent many days of my youth in this old fishing village on the East coast. Blog Post of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.



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