Out With The Whelk Fishers

From the collection of

East Anglian Film Archive at the University of East Anglia
The East Anglian Film Archive, the UK's first regional film archive, offers a unique record of the East of England's social and cultural history. As part of the University of East Anglia, we continue to lead moving image heritage research and inspire audience participation through community projects and events. Our collections represent a broad range of amateur and professional creativity, from 1896 to the present day.

Out With The Whelk Fishers


Amateur filmmaker Peter Scoles went out with the skipper and crew in one of the whelk boats off Brancaster, Norfolk with his 8mm cine camera, and came back with this wonderful record in 1958. This colour film shows the Amethyst LN62 leaving on the last of the tide, and heading for the whelk grounds ten or fifteen miles off shore. Not just whelks, but also crabs, sea urchins, and starfish appear among their haul. The film ends with beautiful shots of Brancaster Staithe at sunset.


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