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    FISHING FOR CLUES

    May 04, 2021 2 minutes

    Situated on Scotland’s north-east coast, the picturesque town of Portsoy was once home to a thriving salmon-fishing industry. Every day, men and boys would row out to the salmon nets staked offshore, hoping to bring back a valuable catch. Upon returning to Portsoy, they would store the fish inside a 19th-century building on the harbourside

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