old fishing photo- peterhead

[ryan37]

can anyone give any info on this photo found among a collection belonging to my family

any clues on who the people could be ? what company? when approx?

any help given is much appreciated

ryan

[walkerpete]

They are 'Herring Lassies' , many of whom were Scottish who followed the herring fishing fleets down the east coast up until the 1960s.

They gutted and packed the herring in barrels shown in the background.

The style of dress (I'm no expert!)  suggests sometime after WW2 to me.