Figure 1.--This photograph shows cocklers at Silverdale around the turn of the 20th century. |
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At seaside resorts boys made ice creams or carried bags for tourists at railway stations. Local children played truant from school to work for the summer, usually with their parents’ permission, because they had to compete with migrant boys from the cities also looking for work. Cockle-picking in Morecambe harbour was also a popular work experience for children. There could be danger involved when the tide came in if the boys went to far out
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