Fisher Jessie

Introduction

The photograph on this page of Fisher Jessie by Anne Burgess as part of the Geograph project.

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Fisher Jessie

Image: © Anne Burgess Taken: 26 Aug 2019

The statue commemorates the fisher wives of Peterhead whose contribution to the work of their men was of enormous importance to the fishing industry; it was the women who baited the hooks, gutted the fish and sold it on long rounds inland, on foot. It is cast in bronze and is by Andy Scott. Peter James Buchan named it after his ancestress.

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Image Location

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Latitude
57.505086
Longitude
-1.778539