Back in the 1970’s I was a young deckie learner aboard the Marretta … one of J.Marr and sons sidewinders sailing out of Fleetwood … fishing our traditional fishing grounds off south east Iceland. 18 hour working day was normal and the work was hard but so were the men … we had a great crew sadly all gone now … I’m 70 years old and this video brings it all back … 👍
Had a mate lost his dad aboard the Jelicoe. His name was Warton. Seemed to be accepted as an occupational hazard back then in Gy. I remember all the neighbours shutting curtains as a mark of respect.
It’s great to see some video of real trawlers working. It’s amazing how many people envisage fishermen as the traditional Captain Birdseye with his backside against the hull of a wooden small boat on the beach, mending the net with a pipe in his mouth. It’s a pity the video capabilities we have now were not available in the days when the British Fishing industry was in full swing. Very few pictorial records are available for people to see the great vessels and crewmen and the conditions they worked in. The odd crewman who carried a video 8 and dedicated what little recreation time they had to record history deserve much more recognition than they get. I salute you sir, as a former fisherman (deck and skipper) you help to bring back great memories. By the way Dave Scott was an old friend and colleague (sadly deceased) .
Nice to see it all again I went to the Nautical School at Lock Hill and the two Alf Hodson where teachers there we had Life boat drils and the boats where on davits at the back of the Grimsby buss depo and we would row in the boats in the Alexandra docks with the two Alfs his dad Old Alf was about 20 stone big fellow and the would make us race the boats one of the boat was called Bellatricks I think nice to hear his voice again and see what we did.
Back in the 1970’s I was a young deckie learner aboard the Marretta … one of J.Marr and sons sidewinders sailing out of Fleetwood … fishing our traditional fishing grounds off south east Iceland.
18 hour working day was normal and the work was hard but so were the men … we had a great crew sadly all gone now … I’m 70 years old and this video brings it all back … 👍
Great footage thank you for sharing
Had a mate lost his dad aboard the Jelicoe. His name was Warton. Seemed to be accepted as an occupational hazard back then in Gy. I remember all the neighbours shutting curtains as a mark of respect.
Great video many memories of those times now long gone sadly.
It’s great to see some video of real trawlers working. It’s amazing how many people envisage fishermen as the traditional Captain Birdseye with his backside against the hull of a wooden small boat on the beach, mending the net with a pipe in his mouth. It’s a pity the video capabilities we have now were not available in the days when the British Fishing industry was in full swing. Very few pictorial records are available for people to see the great vessels and crewmen and the conditions they worked in. The odd crewman who carried a video 8 and dedicated what little recreation time they had to record history deserve much more recognition than they get. I salute you sir, as a former fisherman (deck and skipper) you help to bring back great memories. By the way Dave Scott was an old friend and colleague (sadly deceased) .
Nice to see it all again
I went to the Nautical School at Lock Hill and the two Alf Hodson where teachers there we had Life boat drils and the boats where on davits at the back of the Grimsby buss depo and we would row in the boats in the Alexandra docks with the two Alfs his dad Old Alf was about 20 stone big fellow and the would make us race the boats one of the boat was called Bellatricks I think
nice to hear his voice again and see what we did.
By Jove is that a steam winch what were they like
side trawlers, most dangerous to work upon, yet they did it, never moaning or bitching, geeze these days crew strike if their tea is cold
Built for deep sea fishing off Iceland and Russia