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

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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...