Tag: Fishing
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60 Years – and counting!
Fascinating article from The Herald about fishing boats, particularly wooden hulled vessels. What caught our eye, of course, was that Jack Grieve, Fishing News’ Fisherman of the Year, has been buying fishing boats for £1 and then restoring them to full working order. One of the wooden boats pictured in the article is Dunure boat…
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Dunure’s fishing history – 1950s
Fascinating extract from the Scottish Statistical Account of 1951 with not only facts and figures from the 1950s but going back to the ‘Provost of Dunure’ and the 1920s. Salmon were included in the fish caught – still plentiful in those days. Additionally there were 5 kippering stations on the Ayrshire coast.