Maritime Trades
Index
- introduction
- Sailmakers
- Riggers
- Ropemaking (current page)
Introduction
The maritime industry in the East of England was supported a wide variety of maritime trades. The Fishing Industry required a large number of skilled men and women beyond the boat builders and the fishermen who went out to sea.
The Fishing Industry created work for crafts people such as Rope Makers, Coopers who produced barrels for the fish to be packed and pickled in, Basket Makers who produced the famous Yarmouth and Lowestoft ‘crans’ and ‘swills’, and Beatsters who mended the nets.
These were highly skilled jobs, which required years within the profession before a person was considered a master of their craft.
The decline of the fishing industry in the 1960s also brought about the decline of the maritime trades connected with the industry. Some businesses managed to continue working, adapting their trade to more domestic and non-maritime industries but mass produced goods from around the world have also had a dramatic impact on these traditional hand-made crafts.
Maritime Heritage East seeks to promote and preserve these traditional skills for future generations.
Comments
Very interesting , theres something about hemp /sisal rope that makes it look so superior to modern rope of man made fibres I hate them they look cheap and unsafe . .I have seldom had to use rope in my working life , but as an army infantry dog handler in Malaya in the the 1950"s our dogleads were made of rope . We also carried a " toggle rope " . Many a jungle soldier was greatful to being conected to a seies of toggle ropes while crossing a fast flowing river , They were not made of man made fibres . Somtime ago I bought a couple of lengths of hemp rope , no reason , just to have some . My Dad was a London stevedore in the London docks , he taught me to splice , and that I have used many times . If I want to tie something difficult I refer to " The Ashley Book of Knotts " Thanks for info about rope making . Think " Hangmans Ropes should be brought back in use here in the UK . Cheerio Maurice LoweMaurice Lowe Hunstanton Norfolk
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Ropemaking
Rope is essential both at sea and on land , until the 1960s most cordage was made from natural fibres . Up untill the late 19th centuries many towns had their own rope makers working on a rope walk.
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ROPES WERE MADE OF SISAL HEMP COTTON FLAX I MADE THE LAST HANGMANS ROPES IN THIS COUNTRY FOR EXPORT TO UGANDA IN1950.DIAMETER THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH. BREAKING STRAIN ONE TON MADE OF HEMP WITH A BRASS COLLAR. MRW.FULLER 11 LEYS CLOSE DENTON NORTHANTS NN7 1DJW.FULLER NN7 1DJ NORTHANTS
Very interesting , theres something about hemp /sisal rope that makes it look so superior to modern rope of man made fibres I hate them they look cheap and unsafe . .I have seldom had to use rope in my working life , but as an army infantry dog handler in Malaya in the the 1950"s our dogleads were made of rope . We also carried a " toggle rope " . Many a jungle soldier was greatful to being conected to a seies of toggle ropes while crossing a fast flowing river , They were not made of man made fibres . Somtime ago I bought a couple of lengths of hemp rope , no reason , just to have some . My Dad was a London stevedore in the London docks , he taught me to splice , and that I have used many times . If I want to tie something difficult I refer to " The Ashley Book of Knotts " Thanks for info about rope making . Think " Hangmans Ropes should be brought back in use here in the UK . Cheerio Maurice LoweMaurice Lowe Hunstanton Norfolk
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