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Maritime Heritage

Maritime Heritage. Fishing in Cullercoats. What we will do today. Learn about fishing in Cullercoats. Become familiar with Cullercoats harbour by playing an eye spy game Look at changes in Cullercoats harbour by comparing what we see to today with old photographs. Fishing in Cullercoats.

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Maritime Heritage

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  1. Maritime Heritage Fishing in Cullercoats

  2. What we will do today • Learn about fishing in Cullercoats. • Become familiar with Cullercoats harbour by playing an eye spy game • Look at changes in Cullercoats harbour by comparing what we see to today with old photographs.

  3. Fishing in Cullercoats • In 1749 Cullercoats was described as the best fish market in the north if England. • Every family member had a job to do.

  4. Fishing Families. The Women. • Girls would be married and have a child by 16 • They would marry within the village. • Their work was hard and arduous.

  5. Fishing Families. • Once the men had landed the fish the women would pack it. • They used Creels to carry the fish. • They use to attracted attention by calling “Caller herring, caller herring”

  6. Fishing Families – The Children • Children collected the daily water from age 5. • At 10 they were considered an adult. • Sons helped on the boats from age 14 • Girls sold fish from the age of 12. • They also had to knit stockings and sew.

  7. Fishingfamilies – The Men. • There were several original fisher family names: Storey, Armstrong Taylor, Lisle and Brunton. • The lives of the men were one of toil and danger. • They used a traditional fishing boat called a coble.

  8. Cobles

  9. The Fish! Herring Cod Salmon Lobster Edible Crab

  10. The Houses. • The cottages were small. • There were often 3 generations living together. • There was no inside toilet or running water. • Most have now been demolished.

  11. Winslow Homer’sThe Herring Net

  12. Fisherman’s Fashions • The men wore jumpers or “gansys” • The women wore printed bodices, a blue flannel skirt a neckerchief, home spun stockings and a shawl.

  13. Local Words Stocker Kneef Gully Puddick The retley’s-in Soomin Nammie a fish caught in a net a fist a bread knife a frog a minute swimming a large turnip. Cullercoats people had their own words for everyday things:

  14. The Watch House A Coble A cottage in Simpson Street

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