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223)	Andrew Lock
Location: East Sussex

Tuesday, 10 November 2020 08:52

Was there ever a public aquarium in the town in the 1960's? I remember whilst on holiday going down some stairs to a basement with tropical fish tanks.

Christine - site owner Thursday, 18 March 2021 22:31
Hi Andrew, I vaguely remember tanks of fish in the back room of the Shell Shop on The Stade, but I am not sure if it was called The Shell Shop back then. He used to have a grotto, that contained tanks of fish, and it was very dark in there. They are the only tanks of fish that I remember.

David Collins Tuesday, 27 January 2026 21:19
I remember in the period between 1967-71 there used to be a pet shop half way down Tontine Street, with one wall full of fish tanks with all sorts of tropical fish in them. (I think it used to be close to the Old Post Office shop). I regularly used to call in there to look at the fish & see if there were any kittens in the cage, as I walked down to the Harbour from Stella Maris RC Primary School

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