Men unload the catch from drifters at the quay and the herring are gutted and packed in barrels by women workers. Their hands sting with the cold and the salt but there is a camaraderie in their work, and the women get a lift together at the end of their shift. Following the gale of 18 November 1936, a beached drifter Pitgavenney stands on the beach at Gorleston, and the Olive Branch lies wrecked at Kessingland, a sad reminder of the risks faced by the fishermen and their families.