Edgar Rees tells us in his book on Penzance that in 1841 a lady was fined 6 shilling and sixpence for washing items of clothing under this pipe. Another woman was fined for cleaning fish in another public waterway.
Edgar Rees is a man for whom I have great respect. The fact of washing fish in drinking and washing water was a driving force in creating the new Fish Market.
Well - all this space - you gotta fillet with something ... Do you remember Hank Marvin, The Shadows and the Theme from Filletted Plaice? Oh what a lovely tune was the B side. Oh dear, sorry about that, oh well never mind .... absolute classic.
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