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Here's a wee bit of family history from The Fisherman's Larder...
Davina Knox - mother of our resident fisherman and seafood specialist, Jim - recently gave an interview to STV News, sharing a WWII story about her grandfather, who was also a fisherman.
You can watch the video here.
Meanwhile, here's the article featured on STV's website:-
A new exhibition has been launched to honour the fishermen who died in service during the First World War.
Anstruther was one of the fishing communities affected when war broke out, as fishermen were called to fight.
Many men from Scotland's fishing industry went to fight in the conflict, and fishing regions were highly affected by the injuries and casualties they suffered.
David Christie from Anstruther sank a German U-boat in 1918. His granddaughter Davina Knox has the casing of the shell and his medal.
She said: "They were on a drifter patrolling the Irish Channel and they only had one gun on board the ship and this U-boat must have come up and they had a wee battle seemingly and they fired a direct hit and they took the 36 men prisoner. There was no loss of life."
David Christie's story features in a new exhibition at the Scottish Fisheries Museum in the town.
It celebrates the contribution fishing communities across the country made to to the war effort.
Mel Ruth Oakley from the Scottish Fisheries Museum said: "A lot of them didn't come back and a lot of them that did come back were no longer able to fish and that was a huge impact on the fishing community here.
"It also meant a lot of business and industries that were connected such as those that made nets and boats, all those that cured the fish all lost their industry and their jobs.
"The German's knew that to attack fishermen meant that they were attacking Britain's food supply."