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These photographs are reproduced here courtesy of Orkney Library and Archive Kirkwall.

unknown fishing crew with traditional dress

Alfie Sinclair Stromness

Fishermen's huts Yesnaby

Fish Drying Kirkwall

Flat calm Kirkwall

Landing at Stromness Pier

consignment of OFS lobsters being flown from Orkney

Launching at Anderson's yard Stromness

L3640-3 Alfie Sinclair Stromness Harbour

K 79 Enterprise_

Drying cuithes at Corse Rousay 1930s

Catch at Kirkwall Harbour

L322-4 Seine Net Boats from Buckie Stromness

L1340-4 Cockle Gatherer

L1623-3 Man holding 2 lobsters

L2312-3 Floreat 111 James and Robt Stout Linksenss Stronsay L-R Willie Rendall Sydney Swanney Bill S

L3706-3 'Yankees' cod fishing K40 1908

L4387-2 children by water pump

L4990-2 Herring at Stronsay

Crew aboard Annie Jane Peter Wylie, L--R Jimmy Banks Burray,George Laird Burray, John Henderson SR,

K887 at Pias yard Stromness jpg

Launch of K887 from Pia anderson's yard Stromness

Fishermens cottages Yesnaby jpg

K 905 Three Boys Westray_

L6906-4 100 cran catch sweep of sillocks at Hope

Wm Mainland Saviskail Rousay

Herring workers Stronsay

Malcolm Laughton, ‘The Roosh’, David Shearer, Double Houses Stromness

Large Cod Papa Stronsay

Fishing Boats Westray

Beached whales

Fisher girls St Mary's Holm

Mrs Miller & Jessie Chalmers Stronsay

North end Stromness

Gathering spoots

Fish drying in the sun Kirkwall

p370

tk1616

tk1540

tk1636

L3236-3 Bob and John Inkster with B

Herring Industry on the Holms Stromness

Stromness Pierhead
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