PICTURE PERFECT; INDUSTRY

 

PICTURY PERFECT; INDUSTRY

This picture was taken last year at the Arbroath Seafest, 25/08/07. The Seafest is a local celebration of the towns traditional fishing industry and all things connected to the sea. In the fore ground you can see The Reaper, a Fife Herring drifter, a traditional fishing boat Built at Sandhaven near Fraserburgh in 1902. One of the last of its kind to be built and now a tourist attraction. Its large traditional brown sails were probably made from textile produced in one of the towns many old mills. Behind The Reaper you can see leisure craft moored at the new pontoons designed to encourage visitors into the town. At the back of the harbour you can see the old Harbour Masters House and some old Merchant Houses. These old traditional buildings are now used mostly for Bed and Breakfast on the first and upper floors and retail on the ground floor. There is a traditional fish and chip shop, an ice cream parlour, a small antique shop, a restaurant and a pub.  This photo shows lots of examples of industry from the towns past and present. There is the Fishing industry and the textile industry of the past and the leisure industry, the tourist industry, the retail industry and the catering industry of the present. Looking forward to this years Seafest, great day out.