Photographing Britain's 'fisherwomen' – the generations of workers who anchored an industry
Published 3 Mar 2021, 10:37 GMT
Lorna Cruickshank, filleter: photographed in Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire.
Not all ‘fisherwomen’ are land-based. Shiela Hirsch, from North Shields, was a trawler captain. During her time at sea she was pulled off the ship in wild weather. “Very rarely do you get back again. I’m lucky. I’ve been over the wall three times and each time I’ve been alright.”
Angie Smith, Peterhead, Scotland.
Frances Brown, fish smoker; St Monans, Fife, Scotland.
Phyllis Jones, Kirkwall, Orkney.
“It was travelling work. I gid tae Isle of Man, Lerwick, Lowestoft and Yarmouth... We had nothing. Nothing. We had nae showers, we had a basin and a tap outside with cauld water... I’ll tell ye it was very hard work, but I enjoyed it.” Rita McNab, packer; Lerwick, Shetland