Fisherman’s Ball, Free Fisherman’s Society
1935

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All the men in our family were members of the Free Fisherman’s Society up until it was disbanded in 1989. Here my Great Grandfather John lyle, trawler fisherman (left) has taken his daughter Barbara (right) to the Fisherman’s Ball.
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