A Newhaven fishwife selling buckies and mussels in the Old Town.

The war opened up new job opportunities for women. Why do you think this was?

 

Here are some of the places where Women worked: Duncans Young brothers Carer at home Local laundry Factories Grocer's shop Office cleaning Whisky packer Housewife Fishwives: Then there were fishwives all over Edinburgh at different streets. Mainly outside the pubs- Easter Road, Richmond Street, West Port. I had a friend whose mother & father were fish people and they stayed in Newhaven and we would go down there, maybe on a Sunday but the children weren't allowed to play They were so strict these fish people. It was mostly these fishwives who came up town on a Saturday with their buckies and mussels. They only sold just buckies and mussels. The buckies were still in their shells...the mussels had been cooked in gravy. You had to have a pin to take out the buckies. Home