Oilskins Collection

Boat launch Robin Hoods Bay
Using an old farm tractor, three fishermen wearing oilskins launch a small lobster boat down the wet cobble slip of Robin Hoods Bay, North Yorkshire. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1990

Deal Boatmen, Kent. Date: circa 1903

Men wearing heavy oilskin protective clothing would go into the tunnels under the streets of London to unblock the sewers with a combing method. Date: 1881

Flushing the sewers 1860s
With the population expanding and dumping coursing blockages below the depths of London, men wearing heavy oilskin protective clothing would go into the tunnels to unblock the sewers with a combing

Two Women of the WRNS
circa 1910s

A fisherman wearing oilskins. Djerba, Tunisia
Portrait of a rugged-looking fisherman wearing oilskins and carrying a fishing net over his shoulder. Djerba, Tunisia. Date: 1987

Fjeldvand (Fjeld Vand, Fjellvatnet), Norway. Date: circa 1910

Fisherman arriving into port - Trouville-sur-Mer, France
Fisherman arriving into port - Trouville-sur-Mer, a commune in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region in northwestern France

Boatman unhappy about influx of tourism to Cornwal
A Real Grievance Visitor: " Hows Business?" Boatman: " Business! Why there ain t no businesssince these ere blessed bicycles come inter fashion

Cornish Boatman sets an amateur fisherman straight
Sarcastic Amateur Fisherman: " Are there any fish to be caught here, my man?" Cornish Boatman: " No Zur; You caught em all the last time as you was here!" Date: circa 1890s

French Fisherman - Pas-de-Calais Date: circa 1910

Langoustine Fisherman - Basque Country, France
Langoustine Fisherman outside his home - Basque Country, Southern France Date: circa 1910s

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