A long history filled with community spirit

A book, published in 1930, by Peter Anson, called “Fishing Boats And Fisher Folk on the East Coast of Scotland”, gives us a clear picture of Pennan in 1855.

“The little village in 1855 seems to have been very prosperous, containing 129 men and boys, all engaged in herring or line fisheries, and a fleet of 40 boats”.

The note on the text explains that these boats were made up of “Fifteen first class drifters above 30-feet keel and twenty five smaller craft. There were three curers here, and altogether 240 persons found employment in the fishing”.