Pilchards - "Cornish Sardines"
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Pilchards - "Cornish Sardines"
Image: © Richard Greenwood Taken: 31 May 2004
Salt pilchards packed in crates and transported all the way to Italy (the boxes are prestamped in Italian) where they are a delicacy. The Pilchard works, Newlyn. This industry has just closed as reported in the Independent October 29th.
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Image Location
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50.107625
Longitude
-5.550947