Itinerant Scottish herring girls, 'gipping' or gutting herrings ready for packing in barrels at Whitby, North Yorkshire circa 1940s. These women would follows the fishing boats around the shores of Britain,ready to carry out their work as the herrings were unloaded at various ports when the boats came

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