For the first time, the story of how 'whitebait' was invented by Thames fishermen to circumvent laws and feed the fashionable, to the detriment of the industry. Here are details of the famous parliamentary ministers' whitebait dinners in Greenwich and Blackwall, and the state of the Thames fisheries is brought up to date.
Pages
86
Format
Kindle Edition
Publisher
Bristol Book Publishing
Release
December 03, 2016
Whitebait and the Thames Fisheries: The Story of a Fad That Destroyed a Way of Life
For the first time, the story of how 'whitebait' was invented by Thames fishermen to circumvent laws and feed the fashionable, to the detriment of the industry. Here are details of the famous parliamentary ministers' whitebait dinners in Greenwich and Blackwall, and the state of the Thames fisheries is brought up to date.