Fishing Fleet En Route To Iceland (1963)

Fabulous film here. I remember being aboard the Aberdeen Trawler 'Alexander Bruce' after it returned from a trip to Iceland early 1960's.  The men from Aberdeen, Fleetwood, Granton, Grimsby and  Hull  certainly went great distances to catch prime quality fish for us. The owners, skippers and managers were very well compensated but the trawler crews were not so well rewarded and were undoubtedly underpaid for the dreadfully dangerous work they had to do.  Nothing new here then !  Even after UK government legislation over the last few years, many men have not been treated fairly...although much noise was 'put up' in support of them. The above industrious Trawler ports, along with many others were sold down the river by dishonest UK politicians...sold to the EU who's fisheries policy has obliterated the UK's fishing industry and communities.  Nothing new here either then !  And here was us thinking that the UK government was in place to ensure a fair deal and decency for us first. Ah well...we are learning here also a few horrible truths.

This video in conjunction with the music I was listening too made my eyes a bit watery. The big steam trawlers and times like those out on the water are gone and I was brought into the world to late to experience them.