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The Cockle Pickers single work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 2005... 2005 The Cockle Pickers
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Notes

  • This story refers to the drowning in February 2004 of up to 23 illegal Chinese immigrants. Those who drowned were working as cockle pickers in Morecambe Bay, England. They died when caught by a changing tide.

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  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Southerly Now Writing vol. 65 no. 1 2005 Z1218888 2005 periodical issue 2005 pg. 13-17
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Subjects:
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    Australia,
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Settings:
  • London,
    c
    England,
    c
    c
    United Kingdom (UK),
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    Western Europe, Europe,
  • 2004
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