[Margaret Pilkington]

Yes...I can remember a day out to St Annes as a child we spent all day on the beach collecting cockles. Took them home in a large galvanised bucket.
When I saw what they looked like once cooked and out of the shells I couldn't bear to try them.....but Dad and the boys loved them drenched in vinegar).......the excess were swapped for a dozen eggs and a boiling fowl.
So the day was very productive.....cost very little(half a crown for the jug of tea to go with our sandwiches. Two bob back on the jug)
Those were really happy days.