North devon museum trust appledore devonshire 1998 (1 résultats)

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 1998). 1998 1st edition. 8vo paperback (142 x 210mm). Ppx,91. B/w photographs, b/w line illustrations, maps. Slight use but very good, second-hand paperback. This is a detailed account of salmon netting in Barnstaple / Biddeford Bay, but particularly Appledore, and mostly in the post-war era. Chapters include: Districts and drafts (i.e., places where nets are / were shot); Salmon and sea-trout; boats and boat builders; Building a boat; Gear and garments; focus on fishing; Fishing folk; Profit or poverty?; Regulations - and rivalry; Last laughs; Conservation - or close-down? Appendices are: Details of drafts (places where nets are / were shot); Salmon-boat specifications; Numbers netted 1932-55; Preservation in progress. Instructive reading. .…