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07-Oct-23, 13:20
The Caithness Business Index (http://www.caithness-business.co.uk) has posted the following article:
Families Were Crammed Together 'Like Herring In A Barrel' During Wick Fishing Boom
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Wick's herring-fishing boom is considered to have been a time of great prosperity for the town - but those living in unsanitary conditions in the streets around the harbour faced a daily struggle with poverty, overcrowding and disease. The hardships endured by families crammed "cheek by jowl" in the Lower Pulteneytown area have been highlighted by Caithness poet and playwright George Gunn in a new recording for Wick Voices, the oral history section of the Wick Society. [Read Full Article (https://caithness-business.co.uk/article/21536)]
Families Were Crammed Together 'Like Herring In A Barrel' During Wick Fishing Boom
https://caithness-business.co.uk/image_cache/na21536_tn.jpg
Wick's herring-fishing boom is considered to have been a time of great prosperity for the town - but those living in unsanitary conditions in the streets around the harbour faced a daily struggle with poverty, overcrowding and disease. The hardships endured by families crammed "cheek by jowl" in the Lower Pulteneytown area have been highlighted by Caithness poet and playwright George Gunn in a new recording for Wick Voices, the oral history section of the Wick Society. [Read Full Article (https://caithness-business.co.uk/article/21536)]