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A typical fishing boat's crew

Photograph of a boat crew, posing for posterity

By John Layton

Here you see a typical fishing boat's crew, posing for posterity.

Note the weekly wage - £1.50 in today's money!

A typical fishing boat's crew - probably between the wars

Gt Yarmouth Museums

This page was added by John Layton on 23/02/2007.

Comments about this page

What a great picture. And every one of the lads in cloth caps.

By Gillian Bagwell
On 14/06/2010

I am intrigued by this photo. My Grandfather - William James Lark (b.1871) and Great Grandfather also William James Lark (b.1848) were both fishermen in Gt Yarmouth, living in Row 139. I am wondering if one of them appears on this photo. My Grandfather was supposedly blown up on his vessel in the first WW.

By Doreen M Belcher (Nee Lark)
On 19/04/2011