Great Yarmouth, Fish Market c.1900
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After a good fishing trip, the drifters have unloaded their haul into baskets known as swills. Here on the wharf the tellers (in bowler hats) would assess the catch prior to its sale by auction. A high proportion of the catch would be herring, which would be gutted by hundreds of Scots fisher girls; the fish would then be dried and cured into the famous Great Yarmouth kippers.
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