Newbiggin-by-the-Sea - Photographs

This view of Robinson Square facing south towards the bay shows lines being baited at Newbiggin. The cobles, a type of fishing boat, were used for line fishing and usually manned by three or four fishermen. Each coble carried seven or eight fishing lines each about 200 metres long with 500 to 1000 hooks baited with mussels. Baiting the lines was a long task and usually left to the women, old men and children at home. The young girl second right is Mary Dawson Armstrong. The woman standing centre right is Margaret Robinson and the woman sitting next to her is her sister Elizabeth. Betty Robinson is working with the fishing line, watched by Annabelle Dent, daughter of Sailor Dent, the man smoking a pipe.

 

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