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Unloading The Herring

Photographs of fishermen loading the fish into baskets

By John Layton

It is to the humble herring - known as the silver darlings - that the town of Yarmouth owes its origin and much of its subsequent prosperity.

Fisherman unloading the herring into a cran basket

Great Yarmouth Musuems

Fishermen using a scutch to unload the herring into baskets

Great Yarmouth Musuems

This page was added by John Layton on 15/12/2006.

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