[Leica] Uncle Ric's Wayback Week 15 (twofer)

[len-1 at comcast.net (Leonard Taupier)]

Ric,

Both photos are pretty interesting. I've never seen a fishing shack  
unless it was on ice. I guess that's where they clean the fish. Or  
cut bait.

Now the second shot is a little more lively. Kids and a little older  
having fun. My eye caught the taller fella in the center with his  
shirt tails tucked in his belt loops. Is that a NC thing as well?  
Pretty neat. I would have never thought of it.

Looks like a fun time though. If you're young.

Thanks for sharing,
Len


On Apr 11, 2007, at 9:23 PM, Ric Carter wrote:

> Redneck Salmon.
>
> Each year, Jamesville, NC (on the Roanoke River) celebrates Herring  
> Festival. Herring are an anadromous fish that breeds in the swamps  
> of northeastern North Carolina each spring. They have been a food  
> staple as long as our history reads. Numbers are getting lower each  
> year. A limited fishery was allowed this year, mostly as a salute  
> to tradition. The commercial fishery is dead.
>
> These shots for the 1982 Festival salute the old timers who long  
> depended on the fish, and the younger generation who just  
> celebrated and enjoyed it.
>
> Seated at a fishing shack overhanging the Roanoke River.
> http://tinyurl.com/364p59
>
> Not all the reverie was that of old folk contemplating the past and  
> thanking nature for the bounty:
> http://tinyurl.com/39dbpn
>
> I didn't want to go either/or this week.
>
> Thanks for you time.
>
> Comment if you will.
>
> Ric Carter
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/ricc/
>
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