SMITH'S FISH YARD
Bill Smith had a wholesale fish yard in Peter Street
In my youth when my Father used to buy fish there, it was a busy concern, working in the yard were Bill's sons; Cecil, Sidney and Rodney, in later years they employed George Foster.
Bill Smith also owned the Little Billingsgate fish shop in King Street and the fish shop in the high street almost opposite the Town Hall, which Rodney Smith opperated.
The photos of the fish yard; were kindly donated by Roger Divito, whose family owned two ice cream beach parlours on the seafront. His Father run No: 93 Beach Street and His aunty Jean ran No: 27 Beach street
Always a lovely refreshing ice cream to be had here
CECIL SMITH
CECIL SMITH IN THE HANG
GEORGE FOSTER IN THE YARD
Herring in Brine
CECIL SMITH SPITTING UP KIPPERS
CECIL SMITH IN THE YARD
CECIL SMITH IN THE DUST PIT
CECIL SMITH
CECIL SMITH IN THE YARD
SIDNEY SMITH IN THE FISH YARD
SIDNEY SMITH IN THE FISH YARD
SIDNEY SMITH IN THE FISH YARD
SIDNEY SMITH IN THE FISH YARD
SIDNEY SMITH IN THE FISH YARD
SIDNEY SMITH IN THE FISH YARD
Rodney Smith opperated the fish shop in the High Street, which was opposite Japs Sweet shop, the fish shop is now run by the Jenkins family, and still has the same good quality service and fish
well worth a visit if you fancy a bit of fresh fish
I'd like to thank Roger Divito for the pictures on this page
DID YOU KNOW
Herrings were sold in hundreds and went like this.
4 Herrings to the warp
30 warp to the hundred (this is a long hundred)
1000 herrings to the cran basket
10,000 herrings or 10 cran to the Last.
Always 33 warp to the hundred to allow for gillers when smoking into bloaters as herring with no gills could not be skilled onto a spit, Gillers were also called tie tails these normally sold far cheaper, but ate the same.
No herring were ever sold by the stone