Herring fishing at Great Yarmouth, 1957.
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Each year on March 8 the world commemorates International Women s Day.
It is dedicated to celebrating women s achievements, pursuing equality and raising awareness of bias or disparity in society.
Sisters Kathleen and Edith Byars, two of a hundred workers who were picking Brenda strawberries at the rate of one ton every hour at the Red Barn Farm, Magdalen. Most of the fruit were destined to be turned into fruit pastilles. 30th June 1961.
- Credit: Archant Library
The inaugural International Women s Day was held in Denmark, Austria, Switzerland and Germany on March 19, 1911. This was seven years before homeowning or married women over 30 were granted the right to vote in the UK.