Can anyone remember the sea food man who came into pubs/wmc to sell ......seafood.
It was always the same man i remember.Just a blast from the past :)

Can anyone remember the sea food man who came into pubs/wmc to sell ......seafood.
It was always the same man i remember.Just a blast from the past :)

Yes.i remember him.If my memory serves me right he was also a teacher!

Yes.i remember him.If my memory serves me right he was also a teacher!


Didnt know that but was there only the one man doing the rounds?

He had fair thinning hair.I used to see him in Bellhouse,Lane top and Crookes clubs.

yeah i remember him in Lane top and wincobank club,also my parents had The Viaduct pub on the Wicker and he used to come in there.

Used to see him on Wadsley Bridge quite a lot back-end of 80's, ginger/blonde haired bloke always very friendly. My then girlfriend always used to by a crab-stick cocktail like thing.

There were several, each with their own rounds. The one I remember did the town centre pubs. He had dark brylcreemed hair, an Errol Flynn 'tache and wore glasses. His patter could be disgusting when he was in the mood.

his name was ray, top lad! used to drop us off from the dev to five arches! on his rounds:)

They used to sell crab sticks later renamed seafood sticks because they contained no crab.Two firms come to mind ocean supreme and kershaws i think, someone will correct me.I was told eu regulations killed the trade off.

We always used to shout "Has tha got crabs??" and bless him, he'd always smile like it was the first time he'd ever heard it!!

The cockle man as we called him, was eastern euroupean the first time he came in our pub everyone went silent and stared at him like he was an alien .So i went up and bought a bag of cockles then one bye one others bought some.Within a few weeks he was selling half a basket full at a time . The locals nicknamed him sam never did find out his real name .

Lol! This is a blast from the past! I remember one from about 1996. The company was "kershaws" and the guy carried a basket hamper donning a "super cockle" shirt! He was a double of one of the chuckle brothers. Really nice bloke though. After a night out me and my now ex used to get a lift home from him. Ok with breath held.....

Such a shame they disappeared :-(

There were at least two because two of the guys I lived in shared houses with did this, I'm talking about late 70s. They were both regularly asked "Have you got crabs on yer, cock?"

It had nothing to do with EU regulations,it was just that as the customers dwindleld in pubs it became harder for them to make a living. Ray the ex teacher now sells costume jewelry on Barnsley Market

It had nothing to do with EU regulations,it was just that as the customers dwindleld in pubs it became harder for them to make a living. Ray the ex teacher now sells costume jewelry on Barnsley Marketthere was also one called tom good mate of mine.

there was also one called tom good mate of mine.

Tommy Machin ?*sp* my hubby worked part-time for him in the 60s, he went round clubs etc. Sometimes he sold chicken sandwiches too I think. :)

Around '65 used to go with blond haired Roy Bridgeman (sp). Selling Cockles and Mussels. I think in the Firth Park Wincbank area.

I remember him from the limes club, I was about 13 and used to love crab sticks funny enough I don't like them now :-) x

I remember him from the limes club, I was about 13 and used to love crab sticks funny enough I don't like them now :-) x

i used to be a limes club kid, i was always on donkey kong!

In the early 80s a man (called Benny) used to do the Crosspool pubs shouting 'any fooseed' when he walked in.

I can remember 2 guys who used to call in the clubs around the woodseats area, one of them looked a bit like a 118 guy he used to come in the smithywood club in the 70's and 80's, the other guy was a bit of a cross dresser saw him once or twice in the chapletown wmc also,I wonder if they made much money out of it,there sea food always was very fresh and good value.

yes i remember him very nice too

i remember him coming into the matilda on matilda street.used to look forward to it .

I remember going to the Bellhouse road WMC with my parents in the early 90s, was like 6 years old then... I remember the guy who used to come in there selling crab sticks and things that were shaped like big prawns but tasted just like crab sticks. :p Used to douse them in vinegar, polish them off and occasionally the band would let me have a go on the drums before we left.

my hubby was a "prawn man" as we called them back in the 70`s. He took it as a second job to make ends meet like most of thhe other prawn men I think

I remember a fella who used to go round the pubs in Crookes selling it, must be about 15-20 years ago. He wasn't exactly a great salesman, just did a circuit around the pub muttering "seafood".

I never bought any, I never exactly thought to myself "I'm really enjoying this pint of bitter, but I think what would really complement it right now would be a crabstick".

There were several, each with their own rounds. The one I remember did the town centre pubs. He had dark brylcreemed hair, an Errol Flynn 'tache and wore glasses. His patter could be disgusting when he was in the mood.

yah- like-- Cockles, whelks, pregnant tadpoles!!:rant::rant::rant:
I always thought he looked like charlie chase.

i used to be a limes club kid, i was always on donkey kong!

Yeah Limes club kid too :) but dont remember the seafood man coming in there...Should bring them back :idea:

I remember a fella who used to go round the pubs in Crookes selling it, must be about 15-20 years ago. He wasn't exactly a great salesman, just did a circuit around the pub muttering "seafood".

I never bought any, I never exactly thought to myself "I'm really enjoying this pint of bitter, but I think what would really complement it right now would be a crabstick".

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Yeah Limes club kid too :) but dont remember the seafood man coming in there...Should bring them back :idea:

he never went in the limes, can you remember lucky number? i won it a few times:)

he never went in the limes, can you remember lucky number? i won it a few times:)

Yes i do...never won though :mad:

The one i know used to live just below James ST on Darnall cant remmeber name of RD it was the one near genal.Sure he was called phillip.Light hair well spoken polite
Any knows him need to get a message to him if he,s still with us.

Sorted thanks andyh29

Can anyone remember the sea food man who came into pubs/wmc to sell ......seafood.
It was always the same man i remember.Just a blast from the past :)

Top Red Lion in Grenoside on a Saturday night- the "Shrimp Man" was always welcome

Thanks andyh29 spoken to Phillip.

One of Kershaws blokes had a running spat with someone in the Norfolk Arms at Grenoside and one day he'd had enough and it ended up in fisticuffs on the street outside. I remember putting bags of seafood back in his basket for him after a few bounced out in the chase to the door. I used to buy whelks sometimes, but it didn't half make yer beer flat next time you took a swig.

yes i remember him coming to the queens rd, the woodseats, the intake sports club

I worked for Kershaws in the 1970s we also sold kippers and mushrooms,as wages we were allowed to take 6old pence for every packet sold.