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Craig is a young man with a passion for cinema. He positively enthuses about film making and cites George Lucas as one of the great filmmakers of our time. At the moment Craig works very much 'front of house' at the local Odeon in Hull. He's been there a short time, but hopes one day to feed his passion for film at a higher level.

He's very much interested in many of the technical aspects of film production such as CGI and editing techniques. He recalls during his school days,Μύ that he was often called upon to give impromptu film reviews to his school friends. He's now more than happy to voice his views on some of the current releases to fee paying customers.

The pictures he brought to us were some photos of pictures his grandmother had commissioned in memory of her late husband which take pride of place in her home. Craig spoke of his deep admiration for the working fisher folk of his family.

"George Tasker, my grandfather was a great fisherman who travelled up, down and around the North Sea and further afield. He used to catch the best and tastiest fish from all kinds of places such as Iceland and Norway. As a fisherman he would be away for long periods of time and used to sail with two magnificent ships.

A 'sidewinder' trawler

He says: "The 'freezers', which were factory ships in most cases, would sail for twelve weeks catching and processing fish as they went along. As factory ships they gutted and froze the fish to preserve the taste to ensure it would be saleable when it was brought back to port.

"There was another type of ship he travelled on, known as a 'sidewinder', which was a basic standard ship which would catch the fish and then travel back to its home port. After three to four weeks of sailing it would return to port to off-load the fish ready to sell. My grandfather, spent 29 years crossing the seas from the age of seventeen".