Original Victorian Carte de Visite (visiting card or CDV) of a fisherfolk family launching a fishing boat (registered as 91 AH) at Auchmithie, birthplace of the renowned Arbroath Smokie - smoked haddock, smaller boats like this were used for fishing for crab and lobster. By Scottish photographer W J Anckorn of Arbroath (studios at Brothock Bridge and Brothock Bank), Scotland, Circa 1880's.
W J Anckorn -Arbroath photographer Brothock Bridge Brothock Bank active 1880's and 1890's. Auchmithie is a small fishing village in Angus, Scotland, three miles north east of the town of Arbroath. Source: Wikipedia The first known recording of the village of Auchmithie was in the Chartulary Records of Arbroath Abbey in 1434. At the end of the 18th century the village supported some 180 people and six fishing boats. By the end of the 19th Century the village was in its prime with a population of around 400, with 12 white fish boats and six large boats, which followed the herring fishing and 20 or so small boats engaged in lobster and crab : Visit Angus.
Size: 7100px × 4420px
Location: Auchmithie, Arbroath, Scotland, UK
Photo credit: © ThislifeThen / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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