"Sunbeam in Fishyard with cat, Eyemouth"

Maker
John Peat Munn
Production date
Aug 1937
 Description
Text on negative envelope reads 'Eyemouth. Sunbeam in Fishyard with Cat'. View of cobbled yard with boxes, barrels and a hand cart. The premises were used for gutting fish which were then transported in barrels.
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Object detail

Department
Photo
Collection
Munn Photographic Collection/Family & Personal Papers Group
Maker
Production date
Aug 1937
Subject place
Eyemouth/Scottish Borders
Subject notes
While a cat on the premises would not be allowed in a modern factory for hygiene reasons, in the open sheds shown here a cat would play a useful role in keeping down vermin. By the 1850s Eyemouth was one of the leading white fish ports in Scotland. Despite a massive loss of fishermen's lives in 1881, it continued to be a major port on the inhospitable Berwickshire coast.
Accession number
P38476

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