Life as a Liverpool Cockle Man selling seafood in 60s and 70s pubs

Generations will remember local Cockle Men being familiar faces at the heart of our region’s pub culture. Before sit down meals and more of a variety of food and drink were on offer at some of our favourite pubs, the Cockle Man would come calling in his white jacket carrying a basket of seafood for punters to buy and enjoy with their pints. Today, the job isn’t as common and very much considered a thing of the past, but many will remember Cockle Men being part of their weekends for years, or working as one themselves. From the 1950s, Bill…