Whitstable, Oyster Trade 1903

Packing oysters for the market. In Whitstable there was nine mile stretch of sea where young oyster supply was in abundance, this was called common ground. Throughout the year hundreds of men dredged up young oysters and brought them back to Whitstable, where they were bought by oyster companies to lay in private grounds

Catching Emptying Fisheries Nets Oyster Oysters Packing Seafood Shellfish Southeastern Whitstable

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