tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post2913215246103123450..comments2024-03-27T09:13:32.912+00:00Comments on News From Nowhere: Sepia Saturday 206 : Gipping In ScarboroughAlan Burnetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01015127443616786425noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-59942528131953586482013-12-14T01:22:14.248+00:002013-12-14T01:22:14.248+00:00Thanks for the tutorial on gipping herring...looks...Thanks for the tutorial on gipping herring...looks like back breaking work to me standing there all day long:(Far Side of Fiftyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07995757632158408442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-63902455802072303642013-12-11T08:16:29.367+00:002013-12-11T08:16:29.367+00:00Imagine the smell! They'd never be able to was...Imagine the smell! They'd never be able to wash it off - apron or notJackie van Bergenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14108390437411946657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-43657071713247051672013-12-11T06:54:45.238+00:002013-12-11T06:54:45.238+00:00Glad you researched "gipping" because I ...Glad you researched "gipping" because I tried and what I found did not reflect what the picture was talking about. The gipping girls - what a talent! I'm off to skim the net for 'oilskin apron.'Hazelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12098755531920643872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-58931666835723590002013-12-10T19:26:32.383+00:002013-12-10T19:26:32.383+00:00I expected to see more aprons in my collection too...I expected to see more aprons in my collection too but alas ~ <br />But good news for us since you managed to rebound quite well with this post.Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17863357756727783017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-74808173128582385492013-12-10T00:19:00.433+00:002013-12-10T00:19:00.433+00:00New meaning to Ronald Reagan's "one for t...New meaning to Ronald Reagan's "one for the gipper"?Sean Bentleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02777191262417995366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-54132696175033439412013-12-09T21:15:24.577+00:002013-12-09T21:15:24.577+00:00I don't think that is a whip in the postcard b...I don't think that is a whip in the postcard but a young boy with a whip and top. This was not slavery but a necessity for survival that these girls were doing.ChrisJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11550420299395301062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-51528260575756318682013-12-09T18:43:11.080+00:002013-12-09T18:43:11.080+00:00I guess if you grow up in a place where all the wo...I guess if you grow up in a place where all the women go down the coast to gut fish, then you go down the coast to gut fish. Feeling very lucky to grow up in HGS where women worry about whether Waitrose has whatever it is they need in stock.Georginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13232154028235485600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-46957316615293615842013-12-09T15:09:18.641+00:002013-12-09T15:09:18.641+00:00This is very interesting, and I'm glad everyon...This is very interesting, and I'm glad everyone is avoiding talking about the guy with the whip walking by. Obviously not happy. And the woman looking up at the photographer seems to be his target.Barbara Rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08351113054045427775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-27378808932972075692013-12-09T07:17:07.424+00:002013-12-09T07:17:07.424+00:00Imagine their hands at the end of the day!Imagine their hands at the end of the day!Boobookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01395043246338753023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-16940661140098198242013-12-09T02:39:51.458+00:002013-12-09T02:39:51.458+00:00Wonder where the children were while they were doi...Wonder where the children were while they were doing this from 6AM to 10 PM. Poor old granny must have had the job.Kristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06413795611563683135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-19703473781551600652013-12-09T01:31:00.958+00:002013-12-09T01:31:00.958+00:00And one little postcard gives us a detailed descri...And one little postcard gives us a detailed description of another age. Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996243850279671523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-42082802675864961862013-12-09T00:25:33.048+00:002013-12-09T00:25:33.048+00:00I have a couple of cards from Flamborough from abo...I have a couple of cards from Flamborough from about the same time showing the fisher girls Among my 'Flamborough books' I have some that reference the Scottish girls coming down the coast for the herring. Some did winkling too, I think. It was a Flamborough fisherman who taught me how to clean a fish when I was about ten years old.ChrisJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11550420299395301062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-24220633109152379482013-12-08T16:02:37.121+00:002013-12-08T16:02:37.121+00:00Very interesting. I'm glad you found this post...Very interesting. I'm glad you found this postcard.I never knew what a "fishwife" was and I never even heard of "gipping" before (spell checker hasn't heard of it either).Postcardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16399915833682943432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-67708442755828297532013-12-08T14:32:09.779+00:002013-12-08T14:32:09.779+00:00Well I've done and seen a lot of things in Sca...Well I've done and seen a lot of things in Scarborough but gipping is something new.. Historic card and what don't newspapers print stories like that these days. Gipping would be a good task for some of these 'celebrity' TV 'game' shows.Bob Scotneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00662958579705940009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-10622572928659133612013-12-08T13:50:05.239+00:002013-12-08T13:50:05.239+00:00That’s a nice piece of history. There are similar ...That’s a nice piece of history. There are similar shots of Canarian ladies doing the gutting of fish; I expect there will be others round the world. I’m sure it was the cookery lessons at school that put me off fish. We had to make ‘soused herring’ and it included the task of gutting. The smell is apalling - I’m full of admiration for those ladies.Little Nellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11862657943846727987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-101740797955341522013-12-08T05:07:26.524+00:002013-12-08T05:07:26.524+00:00A great old postcard of those working girls- no me...A great old postcard of those working girls- no messing around there!Jofeathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10290597697140624780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-52362997921726135102013-12-07T23:08:08.987+00:002013-12-07T23:08:08.987+00:00I can imagine that fish guts and salt were not kin...I can imagine that fish guts and salt were not kind to the hands of these women. The postcard really captures the flavor, smell, and noise that was once common to all the wharfs around Britain. The newspaper account of the North Sea Herring was terrific too. Those old newspapers filled space with something like an early version of Wikipedia's random pages.Mike Brubakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13065245846262417519noreply@blogger.com