The Net Shops

net sheds

Here’s a quick little sketch I did on my recent visit to Hastings. We walked along the sea front to the Old Town, which is a fishing village, and saw these odd, elongated dark wooden sheds. It turns out they’re net shops / sheds, the fishermen had limited space to hang their nets so built the sheds very high, three stories and painted black. There were also normal size sheds, also very dark wood, that sold the freshest of fish, landed that day. It is lovely to see a traditional industry dating back to the early 19th century still thriving.

Published by Rosie Scribblah

I'm an artist / printmaker / scribbler. I love drawing and all the geeky stuff associated with printmaking, working in a figurative style. I live in Wales with husband and demented cats. And my real name is Rose Davies :D

7 thoughts on “The Net Shops

  1. Brilliant! We saw them a few years ago, I took rather lopsided photos of them, your drawings are much better!

  2. Great drawing Rosie, really captures the strong shapes of those wonderful sheds . I’ve never actually been to Hastings, I must make a trip before not too long !

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