Sennen mullet men.

Big shots of mullet off Sennen have been taken using a beech seine for centuries.

Last week, after a shoal hung around off Gwenva beach for ages then suddenly swam across Whitsand Bay and sought shelter in Sennen harbour - that shelter became their undoing as the mullet men of Sennen shot into action immediately - a few hours work and over twelve tons were on their way to market - though it has to be said that not every time the net is shot do the fish become so obliging!

One occasion, recorded for posterity in words, recounts the time when a huge shoal of bass, hugely more expensive than grey mullet, were taken on Christmas Day, 1917 during the dark days of the First World War. The poem (below) captures the sense of excitement, relief and joy at making such a catch in what must have been very hard times:






This poem, is taken from a book called ' A Cornish Collection' published in 1933 by Bernard Moore........
who also wrote 'Cornish Corners'.......
it would be good to find a recording of some of the songs indicated in these notes from the flyleaf of the book.