Flookburgh, Cumbria
By Tessa Bunney
2019
The Bay is a treacherous place. The combination of fast tides, quick sands, draining rivers, shifting channels and sheer unpredictability trapped the unwary for centuries. Unfortunately, it is perhaps best known for the cockling tragedy which occurred on the evening of 5 February 2004 when 23 Chinese illegal immigrant labourers were drowned by an incoming tide after picking cockles off the Lancashire coast.
From the series Going to the Sand - inshore fishing around Morecambe Bay
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