Transcript Jamie the Fisherman - on the Pier

She told me about my grandfather who was a trawler man and a herring catcher as well, and the first trip he ever did, as a cook, aged ten. He had to go to the Shetland isles for the traditional herring fishery in the summer and when he got there, there was another Lowestoft herring ship moored up and their flag was at half-mast and his captain sent him on board to find out what was going on. And when he got there he said “oh we lost a crewman on the last trip, he got washed away”, and my grandfather said “oh what was his name, I’ll go and tell our skipper”. And the skipper said “his name was Jimmy Oakes, do you know of him?”. And he said “yes, that’s my Dad”. And so his first ever voyage, as a little boy aged ten, he found out his dad had drowned that week.