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The Chinese Restaurant at 2 Crook O’Ness Street

…closed of course…

The Chinese Restaurant on Crook O'Ness Street - Richard Broom Photography — The Chinese Restaurant at 2 Crook O’Ness Street – Richard Broom Photography

These great big lumps of metal are towed behind trawlers. Their aquadynamic shape help to keep the ‘mouth’ of the trawl net open (a bit like wings flying through the water) and the hapless fish are caught in the net, never to escape.

The Doors (or Otter Boards) - Richard Broom Photography — The Doors (or Otter Boards) – Richard Broom Photography

Old fashioned otter boards (image courtesy **Wikipedia**)

The BIG Question

The Secret Society

I can’t help thinking that the Masons are, in some way, linked to Harry Potter! My father was a mason. He kept all his wizardry tools in a little brown leather suitcase and we were never allowed to see what was stored away in his secret suitcase….sandwiches and a magic wand perhaps? If I turn into a toad after posting this, you’ll know why!