For over 100 years the Herring Girls were the backbone of the UK’s fishing industry. Following the Fish is a joint project run by High Life Highland’s Archive Service in partnership with Suffolk Archives, the Norfolk Record Office, and Tasglann nan Eilean (the Hebridean Archives) to capture their stories (full press release).
The Archives teams across the project have been hard at work curating both in-person and online exhibitions in advance of our two official launch events:
- 8th May 2025 at Nucleus: The Nuclear and Caithness Archives, Wick
- 22nd May at The Hold, Ipswich
The exhibitions will showcase records from all the archive centres as well as stories, photographs and memories captured through interviews with locals and family members of herring lassies. We look forward to welcoming you to the events!
