Fish Wives
Fisher girls had a hard life packing herrings caught off the east coast of England in barrels of salt and brine for curing and delivery inland.They had a reputation for being tough, hard swearing and drinking women.Hardly surprising when you think how cold it must have been by the ocean .Raw hands and the smell of fish hanging around you were an added burden.
Fisher girls had a hard life packing herrings caught off the east coast of England in barrels of salt and brine for curing and delivery inland.They had a reputation for being tough, hard swearing and drinking women.Hardly surprising when you think how cold it must have been by the ocean .Raw hands and the smell of fish hanging around you were an added burden.
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