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Blyth, Scotch Fisher Girls (c. 1920)

 

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Blyth, Scotch Fisher Girls - Click for bigger imagePostcard of the "Scotch Fisher Girls" c. 1920. Scottish fisher girls travelled round the British Isles with the Scottish fleet. These women were employed to gut, wash and clean herring before packing them into barrels for shipment. The women were paid according to the amount of fish they could pack during the day.

 

Northumberland Archives Service holds over 120,000 photographic images relating to the history of the county of Northumberland. The quality of the photographs mounted on this website has been reduced. High quality photographic or digital copies of these, and of other photographs from our collections, are available by contacting the Archives Service.