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OPPOSITE PAGE, CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: THE UK’S FIRST ‘SUPER-DUPER’ STORE; HERRING WERE A MAINSTAY OF PORTS LIKE SCARBOROUGH; MANY POTATO MERCHANTS RELIED ON FISH SALES; THE ALLURE OF FISH AND CHIPS. ABOVE: THERE WAS A PROLIFERATION OF INDEPENDENT FISH MERCHANTS IN THE POST-WAR ERA