Figures on the memorial to the East Coast Fishing Disaster of 1881
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Figures on the memorial to the East Coast Fishing Disaster of 1881
Image: © Graham Robson Taken: 5 Jun 2013
The figures of women and children looking out to sea searching for their husbands stand on top of the bronze sculpture by Jill Watson commemorating the women and children left behind by the 1881 East Coast Fishing Disaster. The plaque visible on the wall in the background reads: Bronze by Jill Watson Commissioned by the people of Berwickshire to commemorate the women and children left by the East Coast Fishing Disaster of 1881
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