Neil Robson
Neil belongs to: Merchants and Traders
Neil was born in Craster and is the fourth generation of his family in the kipper business. The business has gone through a series of changes in recent times, but Robson's continues to make kippers.
Neil was interviewed by Kylea Little on 7 February 2006. The interview took place at Robson's Kippers, Craster and lasted 13 minutes and 45 seconds.
Changes at Robson’s
"Well, exterior-wise, it’s the same as it’s been for, since it was built"
Well, exterior-wise, it’s the same as it’s been for, since it was built. It was built in 1856, we’ve retained the original smokehouses that we still smoke them in, but interior-wise, it’s changed beyond all recognition over the sort of last 10 years, simply because of new hygiene, food regulation laws came in and we had to upgrade the premises to meet the criteria.
Well, it’s all for the best, really. We’ve had to put a new floor in, and all the walls had to be covered with plastic, sealant plastic for easily washing down, the tender sticks at one time, they’d be hanging the herring on, used to be made of wood with nails in them, but now they’re all stainless steel- there’s no wood at all in the factory at all.
Neil has 15 memories in the memorynet:
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Neil's other memories:
Childhood memories of the business- Changes at Robson’s
- Decline in the herring stocks and changes in the industry
- Customers
- The future
- Changes in the Craster fishing community
- Making kippers
Kippers being smoked- Staff at Robson's
- Women preparing herring
- Fish waiting to go to the smokehouse
- The final product
- Robson's Kippers
- The piers at Craster
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Change | Traditions | Work
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