Re: Ross's post about the treatment trawler hands [and skippers] got from the owners. My late brother Brian [see 'My Brian'] started as a 'brassie' at the age of 15 in 1959, and worked as a 'deckie' until the deep sea trawling trade collapsed. For 18 of those years he worked continually for 'Marrs' yet was still called 'casual labour'.
He did in late 2009 get a small amout of 'redundancy payment'. He died on new years eve 2010.