{"id":9377160973,"title":"Memories of the Lancashire Fishing Industry","handle":"memories-of-the-lancashire-fishing-industry","description":"\u003cp\u003eUsing first-hand accounts, this book traces the history of Lancashire's fishing industry - the boom times of the 1940s, the later decline and current fight for survival.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eOver the last 70 years or so, Lancashire's fishing industry has gone from boom in the 1940s to bust in the 1970s, and more recently to quotas and a more modest success. Author Ron Freethy describes shrimp and salmon netting based on Glasson Dock near Lancaster, cockle picking in Morecombe Bay; the Mersey fishing fleet, who used to catch the largest number of whitebait in Europe; and Fleetwood at one time home to many deep-sea trawlers and the third most important fishing port in Britain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eThis book is a proud record of Lancashire's fishing heritage for those who were part of it and those too young to remember.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eA5 (softcover) 160 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eAuthor: Ron Freethy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eISBN 9781846742125\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2017-03-18T20:47:00+00:00","created_at":"2017-03-18T20:52:56+00:00","vendor":"Countryside Books","type":"Books","tags":["By region_Lancashire","Fishing in Lancashire","Ron Freethy"],"price":799,"price_min":799,"price_max":799,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":34347371085,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":false,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Memories of the Lancashire Fishing Industry","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":799,"weight":200,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":-4,"inventory_management":null,"inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9781846742125","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/countrysidebooks.co.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/Lancs_Fish_Cover_300_res.jpg?v=1511040580"],"featured_image":"\/\/countrysidebooks.co.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/Lancs_Fish_Cover_300_res.jpg?v=1511040580","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Memories of the Lancashire Fishing Industry book cover. ","id":279286153347,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.707,"height":709,"width":501,"src":"\/\/countrysidebooks.co.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/Lancs_Fish_Cover_300_res.jpg?v=1511040580"},"aspect_ratio":0.707,"height":709,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/countrysidebooks.co.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/Lancs_Fish_Cover_300_res.jpg?v=1511040580","width":501}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003eUsing first-hand accounts, this book traces the history of Lancashire's fishing industry - the boom times of the 1940s, the later decline and current fight for survival.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eOver the last 70 years or so, Lancashire's fishing industry has gone from boom in the 1940s to bust in the 1970s, and more recently to quotas and a more modest success. Author Ron Freethy describes shrimp and salmon netting based on Glasson Dock near Lancaster, cockle picking in Morecombe Bay; the Mersey fishing fleet, who used to catch the largest number of whitebait in Europe; and Fleetwood at one time home to many deep-sea trawlers and the third most important fishing port in Britain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eThis book is a proud record of Lancashire's fishing heritage for those who were part of it and those too young to remember.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eA5 (softcover) 160 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eAuthor: Ron Freethy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003eISBN 9781846742125\u003c\/p\u003e"}