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The Trinkie, Wick

The Trinkie. Generations will recall sunlit hours spent in this place where the young and not so young enjoyed themselves, oblivious to the temperature of the cold North Sea
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Gutting the Herring

James More's herring curing station about 1920. The girls worked in "crews" of three, two gutters and one packer. If the fishing was heavy they worked on into the night in all weathers and open to the elements. In the background is the Lifeboat Station built in 1915.
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