B/w print

Acc.no: PEZPH : 2007.16

Identification

Item: The Pilchard Works

Description: One of a selection of 12 photographs taken from the photo-essay 'Newlyn - Fishing for a Living', a project supported by Arts Council South West. The preserved, salted pilchards are packed into wooden casks. Salted pilchards have been exported from Cornwall to the continent since the 16th century and the Pilchard Works in Newlyn has been selling this traditional product to the same Italian family since 1905. Since becoming a working museum in 1995 it has won two national awards but on October 18th 2005, it closed down due to a decline in the demand of this kind of presentation. The custom of pressing salted, whole, ungutted fish with heads still attached, into wooden containers has now been superceded by more modern packaging and freezing techniques. As the Pilchard Works was the last establishment in the UK to employ these methods, what was once the mainstay of the Cornish fishing industry has now gone forever.

Collection Name: Vince Bevan photo-essay photos

Condition: Good - as new

Description

Height: 415 mm

Width: 295 mm

Material: Photograph

Production

Method: Printed

Date: 2006

Person: Bevan, Vince

Place: Newlyn

Category: Photography

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