In the late nineteenth century, the "Shrimp Man of Birchington" was one Frederick Joseph Letley. This likeable chap was a character of some repute, with regards to his ability, achievements and dashing looks. With his ginger curly hair and Dickensian attire, he was, to say the least, striking.
Frederick Letley was a principled man in his way and would, for reasons best known to him self, never launch his boat until one minute after midnight on a Sunday. During his active life as a fisherman, he would sell his whelks, shrimps, lobsters, winkles and the like from his stall. He earned his living by this means and brought up his family in what would be considered a reasonably good living for the day.
During his earlier years, he was brought up in the Medway area and, according to the archives of Rochester, was admitted in 1877 to the "Freedom of the Fisheries of the River Medway" and registered as a Dredgerman in the same year. On his marriage certificate, he was classified as a mariner.
He lived in a thatched cottage which was reached down steps on the corner of Station Road and Crescent Road.
He kept his boat at Epple Bay and when it was out of action for a few days or needed repair work carried out, he would have it pulled up and put on a spare bit of land at St James Terrace.
He was also a great pipe smoker and actually very knowledgeable. He claimed he never stopped learning from when he was born in 1856 until he died in 1940, some 84 years old. His descendants still live in the village today.
Work out the shillings and find the coordinates where he had his seafood stall.
(1g+/£1+/10s)°(1g+/1s).(2g)(/6s)
(1s)°(£1-/2s).(£2)(/3s)
Your looking for what fell off the stall.
PS. STEALTH IS NEEDED FOR THIS ONE.