Gilbert Buchan

Interview with Gilbert Buchan

Year: C.1980s/1990s

Duration: 02:28

Filmed By: Jim Taylor

Interview with Gilbert Buchan (also known as “Seven and a half” on the account of his house number being 7 1/2) in which he talks about fishing in the herring fleet aboard steam drifters. When he got his skipper’s ticket at age 21, he joined the crew of one of the most prestigious boats in the Scottish fishing fleet, ‘The Allochy’.