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Thread #137101 Message #3144473
Posted By: Ross Campbell
28-Apr-11 - 09:36 PM
Thread Name: Fleetwood & Fishing: Songs of the Trawling Trade
Subject: RE: Fleetwood & Fishing: Songs of the Trawling Trade
Google Books has "The Gaff Rig Handbook: History, Design, Techniques, Developments" by John Leather. Page 202 (in case the link gets lost!) gets you to
Chapter Eighteen: The Fishing Boats of North West England which gives a good history of the shrimpers, prawners and early trawlers of Fleetwood and the surrounding area.
Ross