All fishing communities have their superstitions, and Shetland is no different. The reason for the superstitions may be long forgotten, but many fishermen still abide…
The small islands east of Whalsay were used as fishing stations during the 1800s; Grif (or Grui) Skerry for accommodation and East Linga for processing…
58 fishermen were killed and 10 boats, mainly sixareens, were lost in a freak storm from Iceland. The coastal community was devastated and many families…
In 1900, 4 boats and 22 local fishermen were lost during a storm which came on in the space of five minutes.
In 1963 after my family had moved to Lerwick I spent my summer holidays working in Shetland Seafood’s Crab Factory.
Girls as young as 14 were given their first taste of freedom, as they followed the migratory route of the herring from Shetland down the…
Fethaland (or Fedaland) fishing station, at the north tip of Shetland’s mainland, established in the 15th and 16th centuries, was once the busiest haaf (deep-sea)…
The pearl in this ring was found by Catherine Emslie’s mother, Ruby Smith of Hamnavoe, while baiting lines in the late 1920s.
Preparing for the launch of the ‘So Much to Sea’ project, Ruth Henderson uncovered an interesting story of her own.
