AdvertisementThe Shipping Forecast: From Britain's Seas Into Its SoulDecember 16, 2013Philip ReevesfacebookEmailFisherman Teddy Head tells a story to a group of children while mending his nets in Hastings in 1952. The fishermen of Hastings are tightknit; fathers, brothers and sons work together in rugged boats no more than about 30 feet long. Some families in Hastings have worked this way for centuries. (Getty Images)