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Phil Hackett The original disability bad speller w
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Given the storm I?ve stirred over on another thread over eastern Europeans eating coarse fish, it got me thinking at what point did we in the UK stop eating coarse fish as part of our diet?
Clearly it had to coincide with three things -
1. Sea fish being widely available to the general populous of the emerging towns and cities that were being expanded during the Victorian era.
2. Rapid transport, railways, this in Manchester is still evident, as what was the wholesale fish market site (now a craft centre) is still there, a stones throw from Victoria Station.
3. The commercial availability of refrigeration units and ice making equipment.
As to the latter it would seem that such equipment was commercial available in the US circa 1870s.
The rail network in the UK was by this time well-established so rapid transport links were available.
The National Federation of Anglers came into being in 1921 and I can?t remember ever reading or hearing anything about them killing their catches for food in those early days.
So it?s likely the paradigm shift to sports fishing (catch and return) came sometime between 1860s and 1921.
So what do you think?
Clearly it had to coincide with three things -
1. Sea fish being widely available to the general populous of the emerging towns and cities that were being expanded during the Victorian era.
2. Rapid transport, railways, this in Manchester is still evident, as what was the wholesale fish market site (now a craft centre) is still there, a stones throw from Victoria Station.
3. The commercial availability of refrigeration units and ice making equipment.
As to the latter it would seem that such equipment was commercial available in the US circa 1870s.
The rail network in the UK was by this time well-established so rapid transport links were available.
The National Federation of Anglers came into being in 1921 and I can?t remember ever reading or hearing anything about them killing their catches for food in those early days.
So it?s likely the paradigm shift to sports fishing (catch and return) came sometime between 1860s and 1921.
So what do you think?