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GRIMSBY FISH: THE STORY OF THE PORT AND THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE DEEP WATER INDUSTRY

by Charles Ekberg

Published by Barracuda Books. 1st. 1984

Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. The story of the fishing industry in Grimsby, the men who made it, and the ships that worked it, of the great companies, the disputes, the tragedies and the triumphs. Red imitation leather boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos.

A few minor grubby marks to margins. Slight odour present. Pictorial dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine, rear panel is a little creased and has a minor score mark to spine edge.

Stock no. 1828182

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Contents

  • Acknowledgements
  • Preface by Austin Mitchell MP
  • Foreword by Cllr Alexander M. Webster
  • Introduction
  • The First Fishermen
  • Smack and Smacksmen
  • Smack Owners
  • Bound Apprentice
  • The price of Fish
  • Between the Wars
  • Industrial Relations
  • Friends in Conflict
  • The Buccaneers
  • More Disasters
  • Trawler Design and Development
  • The Men Who Sell the Catches
  • The Final Act?
  • Appendix: Trawler Losses
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Subscribers

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