Oyster Farming Beware - Other Colour Pics… 1967

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Whitstable, Kent.

Fishermen set out from the harbour at Whitstable with buckets full of young oysters, reared in river beds; these will be thrown in the sea to mature (we don't see them being thrown in!).

At sea a dredger is lowered into the water to bring up oysters and other sea...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
4166
Sort Number:
CP 628
Time in/Out:
01:48:57:00 / 01:51:32:00
Canister:
CP 628
Film ID:
393.08
Issue Date:
05/01/1967

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