ID: BF69_015_014 / Douglas Went

Hundreds of barrels of pickled sprats lie awaiting shipment in part of a Brightlingsea curer's yard in about 1932. Coopers and other workmen are checking the parrels and paint identification marks on them. This photograph indicates the size of the trade, which did not revive after the second world war. The site is now the boat park of the Colne Yacht Club. [JL caption with this Douglas Went photograph].
A Brightlingsea sprat curing yard during the 1920s. Barrelled sprats prepared for shipment to Russia, Scandinavia and the Continent. One of several similar yards in Brightlingsea. [caption from The Northseamen page 19]
Date: c1929
Image: John Leather Collection / Douglas Went
Image ID BF69_015_014