Blog (Fishing) - Outer Hebrides

Herring girls sculpture, Stornoway

The Herring Girls

Hebridean Women formed the backbone of the fishing industry.  For almost 100 years, from 1850 up to the Second World War up to 3,000 of the islands women employed in the industry as “Herring Girls”. 

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