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Re: Smack Owner!
« Reply #9 on: Monday 03 January 05 21:23 GMT (UK) »
I'm transcribing the 1841 Census for Barking (a labour of love) and as a result I can confirm that fishing loomed large in Barking's economy back then. When the census was taken virtually all the fishermen were at sea