63/607

Hull fish landing basket,

Stanley Bird (Manufacturer)

This ‘Hull fish landing’ basket, also known as a ‘Hull oblong fish lander’, was made by Stanley Bird, a basketmaker from Great Yarmouth, for the Museum. It is a tall, narrow, oblong basket made of cane with oak battens riveted on the sides and bottom, and with three leagues of galvanised wire. These baskets were developed by Bird for Hull Fisheries Ltd. for use on refrigerated trawlers. The fish would be frozen inside the basket and landed in a block of ice.

1 basket: cane; oak; wire

An order of 12 baskets from Stanley Bird (Basketware) Ltd. to Dorothy Wright, care of the Keeper at MERL. According to the delivery note, the order consisted of: 1 quarter cran; 1 small cran; 1 eighth cran; 1 oblong Hull lander; 1 oval Aberdeen lander; 1 liver basket; 1 ice basket; 1 trawl basket; 1 cobbing basket; 1 kipper basket; 1 wash basket; 1 eel pot., Stanley Bird (Basketware) Ltd. label: All cane oblong Hull fish landing baskets for landing quick frozen fish from the trawler., MERL 'Catalogue of baskets' form – 'NAME: HULL FISH LANDING BASKET (Stanley Bird) // Acc. No.: 63/607 // Group: FISHING. SEA. // Neg. no.: 60/5249 // Place of origin: Great Yarmouth. Norfolk. // Period in use: Present // DESCRIPTION // Materials: Cane. Oak battens. 2 galvanised wire leagues from end to end & one from side to side. // Shape and construction: Oblong, tall & narrow. The upset & first 6” of side of round cane, subsequent randing in split cane. Border 5 rods-behind-2. 2 roped handles upright on the ends. 2 oak battens rivetted inside either side & 3 outside on the bottom. BS. [number of bottom sticks] 7. St. [number of stakes] 33. 3 wire leagues. // Dimensions: Bottom: 20” x 10” Top: 22” x 18” Depth: 28 1/2” // Use: For landing quick frozen fish from a trawler. // Dialect names: Unofficially “Hull Oblong Fish Lander” // Distribution: // Additional notes: *Developed for the Hull Fisheries in 1961 for use in refrigerated trawlers. The fish are frozen in the basket & landed in a block of ice. // See HF.1–7 in use.'

Great Yarmouth

1963 - 1963

Wood, oak, Plant fibre, rattan, Metal

Wright, Dorothy (Recorder)