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Online Exhibitions – WK: History of a Harbour

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Painting of Wick's Black Saturday by R. Anderson, 1885 (Courtesy of Am Baile)

Painting of Wick’s Black Saturday by R. Anderson, 1885 (Courtesy of Am Baile)

Curers

Courtesy of Am Baile (Ref: CAITHHORZ_CAIMS_PHO314)

Curing is a way of preserving by salting, drying or smoking commonly used for meat, skins and fish. A Fish Curer is the job title of someone who cured fish for a living. There were a lot of Curers in Wick during the peak of the herring fishing industry. As herring are very fatty fish,… Read more »Read more