Further Reading

Lancashire Record Office holds a variety of shipping records among the 8 miles of the county's documentary heritage preserved onsite at Preston. For further details of Lancashire Record Office - its location, opening times and other archive holdings - see their website at http://www.archives.lancashire.gov.uk Their trawler related archives that are available for public consultation are listed here.

Fishing & Maritime

Fleetwood’s Fishing Industry: The Story of Deep-Sea Fishing from Fleetwood 1840 – 1990
By Peter Horsley and Alan Hurst
Hutton Press Ltd, 1991
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Maritime Fleetwood: a photographic record
By Peter Horsley and Alan Hurst
Hutton Press Ltd, 1996
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Fishermen: The Rise and Fall of Deep Water Trawling
By Austin Mitchell and Anne Tate
Hutton Press Ltd, 1997
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Boston Deep Sea Fisheries
By Mark Stopper and Ray Maltby
Hutton Press Ltd, 1995
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The Marr Story: The History of a Fishing Family
By Michael Thompson
J Marr Ltd, 1995
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Victorian & Edwardian Maritime Album: Photographic Memories
By Clive Hardy
Frith Book Company Ltd, 2002

The Daily Telegraph Guide to Britain’s Maritime Past
By Anthony Burton
Aurum Press Ltd, 2003
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Fishing Industry Handbook for Britain & Ireland
By Peter Brady

Fleetwood & The North West

Fleetwood: A Town is Born
By Bill Curtis
Terence Dalton Ltd, 1986
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Fleetwood As It Was
By Catherine Rothwell
Hendon Publishing Co Ltd, 1975
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Britain in Old Photographs: Fleetwood
By Catherine Rothwell
Sutton Publishing Ltd, 1994
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Around Morecombe Bay
By W R Mitchell
Phillimore & Co Ltd, 2005
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Britain in Old Photographs: The Lancashire Coast
By Catherine Rothwell
Sutton Publishing Ltd, 1995
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Shipwrecks in the North West
By Catherine Rothwell
Countryside Publications, 1983
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A Lifeboat Year: Wrecks, Rescues and Events from the History of the RNLI
By Barry Cox
Historic Military Press, 2001