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Industry => Fisheries and Fishing => Topic started by: castle261 on March 30, 2020, 11:27:26 AM

Title: Fishing Village.
Post by: castle261 on March 30, 2020, 11:27:26 AM
My father was a deep sea fisherman, with four of his brothers, fishing for Herring / Cod, off Iceland.
The claim to fame was one of it`s citizens. who later became a Prime Minister.
It outgrew from an obscure village into one one Britain`s premier ` early warning bases `.
It was in the news last week, shadowing a Russian military aircraft, testing our defences.
My father came to this village, with the family, from another fishing village, along the coast.
                                                                 
                                                               Where it it ?
Title: Re: Fishing Village.
Post by: MartinR on March 30, 2020, 11:51:56 AM
That sounds like Lossiemouth, but if so I fail to see the Kent connection.
Title: Re: Fishing Village.
Post by: castle261 on March 30, 2020, 12:25:40 PM
You are right MartinR, my father was a Chatham based sailor, before a transfer to the Dover Patrol.



Title: Re: Fishing Village.
Post by: DaveTheTrain on March 30, 2020, 12:40:34 PM
That sounds like Lossiemouth, but if so I fail to see the Kent connection.


Blunt. Necessary?
Title: Re: Fishing Village.
Post by: MartinR on March 30, 2020, 01:25:16 PM
@castle261, thanks.  I was puzzling over this and just could not make the link to the forum, so deleted my reply.  Then thought again, wrote the reply and then deleted it.  Finally I screwed up the courage to suggest Scotland!