The Story of the Eyemouth Disaster

Children of the Sea: The Story of the People of Eyemouth. Recounting the remarkable story of a village on the margins of the sea and at the edge of the country, this book describes how 180 men drowned in a single afternoon in Scotland’s worst fishing disaster 120 years ago, decimating the coastal community of Eyemouth. This is a tale of survival throughout the wars of independence and the witch hunts of the 17th century, of danger and high jinks when Eyemouth was the center of a massive smuggling ring, and above all of the hope and tragedy of fishing and of the battles with the minister. It is a story of a people who fought to survive and whose voice can now be heard, from tales handed down through the generations. Children of the Sea: The Story of the People of Eyemouth.