# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Silver, Salt and Songs: Images, Memories and Songs of the Scots Herring Women
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 08 Nov, 2025 at 07:30 pm – Sat, 08 Nov, 2025 at 09:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Silver, Salt and Songs: Images, Memories and Songs of the Scots Herring Women
with Jill de Fresnes & Christine Kydd

Join Jill de Fresnes and Christine Kydd with guests, to celebrate the launch of the Silver, Salt and Stories exhibition running at the Scottish Storytelling Centre during November. Jill and Christine will perform an hour of song and music, interspersed with film clips of memories and stories from interviews collected from women who worked as herring gutters between 1920 and 1960.

The exhibition is centred around filmed interviews with 12 Scottish women who worked as herring gutters from the 1920s through to the 1960s. Amongst other images both photographic and artistic, it will include portraits of the women with the opportunity to explore some of their memories and stories through written story, materials and objects.

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Jill de Fresnes is a creative photographer and filmmaker, researcher and educationalist with over 25 years'experience in heritage and community engagement, particularly in Scotland’s coastal fishing communities. Her work blends oral history and multimedia storytelling to turn lived experiences into lasting cultural legacies, with the voices from these communities front and foremost in telling their stories to a wider audience.

A veteran of the folk world, Christine Kydd grew up musically in the vibrant Edinburgh scene. Her career has offered her great variety, where she has not only worked solo, with the finest of players (musicians who now feature in top groups including Jock Tamson’s Bairns, Blazin’ Fiddles, Shooglenifty) but also in highly-acclaimed groundbreaking projects, such as her extensive touring and recording work with Janet Russell; in Chantan with Elspeth Cowie and Corinna Hewat and in Calluna with Charlotte Peterson, Rebecca Knorr and Anna Wendy Stevenson.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/edinburgh/silver-salt-and-songs-images-memories-and-songs-of-the-scots-herring-women/200028912667043
- **Event Categories**: music, exhibitions, entertainment, storytelling, art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 10

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Edinburgh
- **state**: SC
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: 43-45 High Street, EH1 1SR Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- **lat**: 55.95068
- **long**: -3.18492
- **full address**: 43-45 High Street, EH1 1SR Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 43 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1SR, United Kingdom

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Silver, Salt and Songs: Images, Memories and Songs of the Scots Herring Women being held?
  - **A:** Silver, Salt and Songs: Images, Memories and Songs of the Scots Herring Women takes place on Sat, 08 Nov, 2025 at 07:30 pm to Sat, 08 Nov, 2025 at 09:00 pm at 43-45 High Street, EH1 1SR Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 43 High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1SR, United Kingdom.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Silver, Salt and Songs: Images, Memories and Songs of the Scots Herring Women?
  - **A:** Silver, Salt and Songs: Images, Memories and Songs of the Scots Herring Women is organized by Scottish Storytelling Centre.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Silver, Salt and Songs: Images, Memories and Songs of the Scots Herring Women is ideal for art lovers, trade professionals, collectors, and exhibition enthusiasts exploring the latest in their field. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Edinburgh, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Silver, Salt and Songs: Images, Memories and Songs of the Scots Herring Women sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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