Harlyn Bay, 1923
Photo ref: 74878
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Prior to tourism and archaeology, Harlyn was a fishing village. The fleet fished mainly for pilchards using seine nets but, like fishermen the world over, would catch anything they could sell or eat - in May 1888 a Mr Saunders harpooned a young Sperm Whale.

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