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Fishing
Records going back to the early 1600s detail fishermen in the parish of St Endellion. Four hundred years later there is still a small fleet of boats in the harbour that predominantly catch crab and lobster to be sold in the village and further afield.
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Boats in the harbour
The ‘Boy Frank’ in Port Gaverne harbour
Bringing in the lobsters, c1955
Calum Greenhalgh talks about fishing
Fishermen Three
The Fisherman’s wife
Fish seller, Johnny May, c1910
Fishing and the May family
Fishing at Port Gaverne
Fishing in Port Quin
Fishing Boats at Port Gaverne
The former pilchard fishing industry
The Francis Kate
Harry Hills in his workshop, c1965
Harold Brown and Bryan Nicholls return safe to port
The Herring industry
Herring fishing in the 1930s
Mackerel fishing
Landing fish from the ‘King Edward’, c1905
June Bryant goes out with Bill Spry, c1960
Julian Brown shares some of his fishing memories
John Brown goes out fishing, c1973
Jack & Peter’s boat, the Francis Kate
On the Platt, c1930
On the Platt, c1950
On the Pawlyn steps, c1955
Pete Albury shares photographs of his fishing days
Peter Rowe’s memories of fishing in Port Isaac
Pilchard fishing
The Pilchard Palaces
Port Isaac fishermen
Port Isaac fishermen in the early 17th century
Port Isaac fisherman, Jack Glover in the 1940s
Port Isaac’s grand old men
Port Isaac harbour
Port Isaac – historic fishing village
Potting
Remembering Neville (Andrews) fishing days
The Rowes – a Port Isaac fishing family
Selling the catch, c1935
Tarring PW214, c1925
Tending the nets, c1925
The Thomas family
The Thomas family of fishermen
Tom Brown, fifth generation fisherman
Tom Brown making lobster pots, c1955
The Trevan book