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Has Essex fallen out of love with cockles?
With nearly 350 miles of coastline, Essex has a long seafood history from oysters and mussels to seasalt and whelks. But it seems the younger generation are falling out of love with cockles, which have been fished in Leigh-on-Sea since the 1880s...
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