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| | |  | 7 - Oysterage at Tal-y-Foel, work on bouquets and racks: [scientific] staff unloading bouquets from the back of a lorry [F J Tucker and Son, Colwyn Bay], and using yokes to carry the bouquets down to the water's edge, staff in shirtsleeves or jackets; staff then use the yokes to carry the bouquets into the sea where they are [? randomly] deposited; captioned [montage] depicting member of staff falling into the sea, then struggling to get to his feet with the yoke still across his shoulders; staff in waterproofs using yokes to carry bouquets through the water to racks where they are stacked; staff preparing to move bouquets from wooden racks, the top layer of tiles are covered in [seaweed]; staff detaching young oysters from tiles with [? scrapers or palette knives], the oysters come off fairly easily along with the lime coating, the young oysters are about 9-12 months old; staff member turning back the wire netting cover of a cage to show young oysters, about one year old; shot of [scientific] staff with oyster racks and cages in the background, staff are wearing waders or wellingtons and/or waterproof coats; open-top ?wooden box with carrying handles containing mussels being put into the sea; staff examining oysters in a wire cage; staff spreading young oysters in a wire covered cage.
[24 photographs including some duplicates. Prints vary in size and clarity; some have slight damage to edges and corners.
Series of glossy prints copyright of Keystone Press Agency Ltd., London. Original reference numbers 3887/12-13, 15-18, 20,21-26 and 31.
Dates and descriptions on dorse of some prints.] |
| | | | 8 - Oysterage at Tal-y-Foel, general views.
Gathering oysters by hand; bouquets stacked on racks in the sea; wire cages [young oysters were eventually stripped off the collecting tiles and bouquets and put into wire cages to protect them from enemies]; small wooden rack construction; bouquets on staggered [wooden] rack construction, much [? Seaweed, algae] on racks; bouquets secured to and suspended from wooden poles, some bouquets partially submerged; wire cages with the wire cover rolled back to show the oysters; close-up view of oysters with measure indicator to demonstrate size; enclosure constructed from [wooden] poles surrounded by [wire or mesh], oysters within enclosure, seen at low tide; oyster pool containing [? adult] oysters; newly planted oyster [frame], [frame submerged] in sand, [wire or mesh] cover rolled back to reveal oysters, cover secured in place by [? wire or wooden] poles which hook through [loops] secured to the cover; oyster [trays], each one wrapped in a [ wire or mesh] cover, covered trays are then stacked together on racks]and secured; stacks of oyster trays [on racks], trays are constructed of a frame in-filled with [? mesh or wire].
[38 photographs including some duplicates. Negatives attached to some prints, prints vary in size and clarity, and some contain biro lines.
Dates and descriptions on dorse of some prints.] |