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Farming the Sea. Mersea Oystermen at work in wartime. Page 3. Published in Illustrated Magazine 1944, though also used in The Salty Shore page 7, which dates it 1945. Top 'young' Bob South in front of The Legend Bottom Scuffling the mud on the bottom of the oyster pit. From Album 12. Cat1 Oysters-->Documents and Papers Cat2 War-->World War 2

Farming the Sea. Mersea Oystermen at work in wartime. Page 3. Published in Illustrated Magazine 1944, though also used in The Salty Shore page 7, which dates it 1945.
Top 'young' Bob South in front of The Legend
Bottom Scuffling the mud on the bottom of the oyster pit.
From Album 12.
Date: c1944      


Photo: Mersea Museum - Owen Fletcher Collection
Image ID FL12_053_004
Category 2 War-->World War 2


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