Great Yarmouth Fishwharf late 19th century showing swills
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Photograph of Great Yarmouth Fishwharf late 20th century showing swills lined up ready for the catch
Great Yarmouth Fishwharf late 20th century showing swills lined up ready for the catch. In the foreground a worker in a smock examines the swills.
Additional Notes
The swill, unique to Great Yarmouth, was a large, oblong shape wicker basket, with bar handle across its middle, and it held about two thirds of a cran of herring.
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