Fish 'n' Ships Episode 2

1986 Channel 4 documentary from the People to People series. This is based around the last trip of a Grimsby sidewinder.
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[@johnnykawakid]

was a fisherman for 34 years, so I know the fishermen get no sympathy, none, from the trawlers owners, or government, absolute disgrace.

[@drtonyhaworth6287]

Agreed I was at see the same and treated like shit ...we went on strike at fleetwood

[@SUPERLEEDSYRA]

Really good documentary this. All brave men. I did a Google search to see if there was any follow up to this and it seems that Scott Watson passed away last year. R.I.P, he seemed a good man.

[@superduperwillsaxby]

My uncle, a great man & sadly missed

[@SUPERLEEDSYRA]

@@superduperwillsaxby R.I.P to your Uncle. Hope you dont mind me asking, but did he carry on working at sea all his life?

[@superduperwillsaxby]

@@SUPERLEEDSYRA he certainly did, for a further 30 years after this documentary, he ended up captaining ships through the Sewers Canal

[@SUPERLEEDSYRA]

@@superduperwillsaxbyThanks for the reply. That's brilliant, I bet he was a great bloke to have a pint with, he must have had some brilliant storys to tell. So sorry to hear hes passed away, but what a life he must have had .

[@superduperwillsaxby]

@@SUPERLEEDSYRA yeah many stories, some of which I probably shouldn’t share on here haha. Thanks for your kind words, cheers pal

[@The-Canoe-River-Cleaner]

my mother in law sings at the start

[@tBirdbrain]

geddy lee do you know where I could get some more of her songs?

[@johnking-tu3tv]

geddy lee THE NEW VERSION OF A GAME THAT I’M JUST GETTING YYYY 3”

[@ianjones1034]

Gotta be a RUSH fan

[@TheDD5623]

What us this song called. Where can I hear her singing her version full.

[@johnaboardviolet237]

I enjoyed watching , I am from Hull,

[@samiblank6761]

The way these brave men have been treated by the government is a national disgrace shameful considering fish n chips is a favourite for many of us .fridays would not be the same with out fish n chips ,its instilled with in us since school days

[@mikephillips950]

Hard life for hard proud men , my grandad lost his arm in one of those winches , 😔

[@MrPaulDewdney]

Brilliant, watched both parts back-to-back, proper grafters, i'll appreciate that piece of fish I eat even more each time now!

[@johnkerr1115]

What's the title of the song at the beggining and the singer does anyone know?

[@reverendbluejeans1748]

Why didn't I notice cars looked ugly in the olden days.

[@24934637]

Very strange, looks like they've caught a couple of Pufferfish at 25:29 Really rare in UK waters!

[@chubeye1187]

Two would suggest that they wasn't uncommon. They are sea urchins.

[@24934637]

@@chubeye1187 Sea Urchins.....Now that you've mentioned them...Blindingly obvious. Thank You. I'm guessing that my brain was just expecting to see fish, so I just identified them as some sort of fish (incorrectly). Don't know why as I'm aware that all sorts of stuff that isn't a fish gets dragged up in trawler nets...Parts of planes, fossilised mammoth bones / tusks, bombs, shipwreck fragments....and also sea urchins.

[@cjsb22lr]

Who is she plesase Geddy?? Chas

[@tracyisland65]

Ive heard one or two dark stories about Grimsby docks, are they just fables?

[@tBirdbrain]

Maggie Moran tell us more?

[@Dusty357]

Just like all the fishing ports length n breadth of the uk they all hold some scary stories , GY was always a canny run a shore for a few beers 🍺

[@tracyisland65]

@@tBirdbrain just some bloke on Twitter rambling on about this that and the other - Nick Riley/Bryne, or what other IDs he uses - have you heard of him, lives in Grimsby

[@celticlofts]

Maybe the Cod Wars were a blessing in disguise - Yes it put fishermen out of work but when you consider the crappy pay and the horrible conditions they worked in they would have been better off on the social.

[@brizlee]

Not much of a blessing for the town of Grimsby. Yes the trawler owners and skippers got wealthy but the money from fishing filtered down through the crews, the merchants the dock workers and ship repairers so the whole town benefitted.

[@celticlofts]

@@brizlee ; Except for the guys who were out there doing the hard grafting.

[@drtonyhaworth6287]

Social security 15shillings three week trip at sea upto 150 quid my first trip with marr from fleetwood with bill reader got me £500 after tax age 16.1/2 yrs old my dole was nothing.....so sea was best and I sent £30 home each week wages so I had at least £100 even landing in debt......sea was set every time

[@gunvideorichmond7550]

Benefits at that time was an insult to men who worked hard and wanted to be paid wages for what they did. Today it's acceptable to be on benefits. Real men will work for thier famlies no matter the cost to themselves because they want to be seen as honorable. I'll never forget what my dad did so we had a roof, clothes and food in the fridge every week. I wish i could go back and thank him for all he did rather than being such a jack ass as a teen. My boys see me work every day long hours so they are thankful and never cry about what they dont have. Too bad kids today do t know what work is.

[@ey242]

easy for others to say that have not seen their city/community reduced to a shadow of its former self during their lifetime ? speaking from a "hull born" point of view , figures given since the loss of the fishing industry for every man that went to sea fishing, 14 shore jobs were created ? ship owners/ship builders/ chandlers /dry dock engineers/ accountants / dockers/ railway workers /hauliers /fish processing work /wet fish shops . all traded off on the EU alter by every british unionist government (asset stripping England) just like they have with steel and coal industry for city of London( jobs for the privately educated boys n girls) who avoid politics as a career ?

[@nicktombs1876]

Well I have my Dads settling slips from the seventies which were pretty good, and luckily he didn't sail with this bunch of loseres

[@Dusty357]

A bunch of losers WOW eh you are something mind