Fishertown-Seamans Hall
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Fishertown-Seamans Hall
Image: © Peter May Taken: 26 Jul 2008
The plaque reads: In 1887, the Queen's fiftieth jubilee year, the fisherman's Victoria Hall was built as the cultural and social centre of the Fishertown, here were held countless weddings, receptions, and political meetings, and band of hope classes taught rousing temperance songs and warned children of the evils of strong drink, fishermen could hire books from the library for reading far from home at the fishing.
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Image Location
Latitude
57.588278
Longitude
-3.863379