"Harbour, Eyemouth"

Maker
John Peat Munn
Production date
Aug 1937
 Description
Text on negative envelope reads 'Eyemouth. Harbour'. View of the harbour and steam drifters including the Daisy (BK 66) and the Sublime (BK218), registered in Berwick. Fish barrels are stored on the quayside.
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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
The barrels were used for transporting fish. The large building in the background is Gunsgreen House built, it is said, from the profits of smuggling. In the 18th century large amounts of brandy, gin, tobacco and tea, all of which attracted high duty, were smuggled into Eyemouth. 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
P38482

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