70° North

An amateur documentary on the deep sea trawlers that used to operate out of Grimsby. Made by my father and three friends (Foursquare Productions) and winner of awards at several international film festivals.
www.amateurcin...

[@craigfletcher1793]

My father and my Grandfather where both Grimsby fishermen, I was born in Grimsby I'm a pro fisherman North Queensland, Australia.I enjoyed the footage,thanks.

[@adelarsen9776]

A nostalgic and historical account of what fishing was like. Thank you for sharing and thank you to your father, cheers :-)

[@dirkvandertoornvandertoorn4895]

I am a old Dutch fisherman man we where fishing in the winter on 61°noord and l watching them passing bij on full speed they where beautiful vessels

[@adelarsen9776]

The salt is still in your blood. Thank you for feeding people fish :-) I wish you good health and prosperity.@@dirkvandertoornvandertoorn4895

[@eddietwang]

I lived in Hull and saw the end of the fishing industry..All my family were Ship builders/Repairers who along with countless others that relied on the Fishing industry became unemployed almost overnight..Very sad for Hull,Grimsby and Fleetwood.

[@charleshart6992]

Excellent! A piece of our fishing history captured for ever.

[@johnbockelie3899]

After watching this I want some fish n chips, and malt vinegar, and a beer to go with it.

[@jobrimar8291]

@@johnbockelie3899 the good chippies in Grimsby would have two queues, one for the regular customers, and one for the folks who took their own (the finest specimens,usually haddock, filleted a few hours before) to be fried as requested. Don’t forget the scraps,

[@denisiwaszczuk1176]

Very good thank you tough men my days at sea easier than that

[@MrGotropic]

Hemp Twine and Web = Mending all the time. It was a great time when they started making nets with Polypropylene and Nylon.

[@piatpotatopeon8305]

This seems funny to say, but the baking scenes were my favorites.

[@stuarth43]

Argg, riveted ships oil steamers, hard yakka tiny hauls compared with the stern trawlers of today, men

[@andyevans7240]

This film is fantastic. It really catches the atmosphere well. Does Four Square Productions still exist? I would love to talk to someone about the footage.

[@jonathanblackman]

They were four friends who made amateur films together. Sadly none of them are still with us.

[@andyevans7240]

@@jonathanblackman ah sorry to hear that. I was, at the time, hoping to ask if I could use some of their footage in another project but that has passed now anyway.

[@jonathanblackman]

@@andyevans7240 If you do want to use it in the future, I would be happy as long as it was acknowledged.

[@andyevans7240]

@@jonathanblackman thank you. I made a film for The Grimsby Festival of the Sea this year and was looking for footage that could have been used as "memory". In the end we went in a different direction.teh end result was here... th-cam.com/video/4g4OgnmjLiM/w-d-xo.html

[@daffyduk77]

UK copyright law is 70 yrs, after that it's fair game. ACknowldgement would be good though. Looks like made late 50s ? (steam ship) only guessing though

[@wrbouwman7287]

👍

[@lipsee100]

Two days ashore every three weeks! Just maybe it was not such a bad thing getting banned from Iceland waters

[@Mr71paul71]

No I'd rather have the jobs that where lost when our fishing industry was sacrificed for a NATO base on Iceland.

[@lipsee100]

@@Mr71paul71 Well I know it was a hard,hard life and not just for the blokes,,,Yeah the jobs where missed in Hull and the culture of the fishermen is also missed ..But I think there is a better way to make a living...

[@johngy40]

does anyone know what year this was

[@robincoleman1350]

Would be prior to 1961 when she was renamed Ross Battler.

[@jonathanblackman]

I think it was 1959.

[@cv507]

proud light wörk vv

[@stuarthearn9890]

600 fathom? doubt it 60 or 360 feet, 600 is 3600 feet

[@pauljjohnson7525]

There fishing in 200 fathom of water, the ratio of warp to depth bottom trawling is between 3:1 4:1 depending on weather and skippers preference. so 600 fathom is about right

[@caseydixon8714]

@@pauljjohnson7525 you know what your talking about, i use to run 4:1 beause i ran longer sweeps.
needed a bit more warp to get the spread. 400meters of wrap out in 100 meters of water

[@jacko74fisher70]

We only work 75 of wire and 30 of sweep!!

[@caseydixon8714]

@@jacko74fisher70 i changed my sweep length according to or target species. Fast fish= long sweeps, slow fish= short sweeps. All to do with keeping them in the fishing area untill they have exhausted there burst speed.

[@cumbrianhomestead]

Excellent upload, captured the hard work of the trawlermen very well. A hard life!

[@daffyduk77]

guys were definitiely cut from a different cloth. And I'd thought some of my working life seemed hard