The early arrival of the first herring boats of the 1861 season into Great Yarmouth, once the most important herring port in the world. Yarmouth's fishing heyday and prosperity was based on its large herring fleet, that reached its peak in the early 20th century with about 1,000 vessels bringing 2,000 million fish ashore in one season. More than 6,000 seasonal workers, mostly Scots fisher-girls, would pour into Yarmouth to gut and salt down fish in barrels ready for the export market to Norway, Soviet Russia and Germany.

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Location: Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England
Photo credit: © De Luan / Alamy / Afripics
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