John Ellis
John belongs to: Merchants and Traders
John was born in North Shields. His father was a fish merchant and his mother ran a second hand shop. When he left school John followed his father into working on North Shields Fish Quay. He has worked there as a fish merchant since 1957.
John was interviewed by Carl Greenwood on 6 March 2005. The interview took place at Discovery Museum and lasted 49 minutes and 43 seconds.
Photograph of John Ellis
North Shields fish market
Cod laid out for sale on North Shields Fish Quay. Today they are stacked in boxes.
John has 16 memories in the memorynet:
John's memories with a Environment theme:
Changes at the Fish QuayJohn's other memories:
Filleting fish
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