Before the Days of Salting - Martha Andrews

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Paxton House curator Martha Andrews on the shingle shore at Paxton netting station on the River Tweed in Scotland. Martha discusses the history of netting and the decline in fishing on the River Tweed, as the fishing boat rows a shot in the background. Then Rachael Hales plays Tweedside.

Recorded by Jules Horne and James Wyness for 'Working the Tweed', an arts-science collaboration around the River Tweed catchment for Year of Natural Scotland 2013.


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