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Rescuers searching for a group of cocklers who became trapped by the tide in Morecombe Bay have found at least 10 bodies.
Hopes are now fading for another three people who are still thought to be missing.

The 10 died after a group of more than 20 cocklers - thought to be Chinese who do not speak English - were caught on a sandbank in the Hest Bank area amid rising water.

Ten of the workers managed to get to shore safely. Three of them were taken to hospital, while at least four were taken to Lancaster police station.

BBC

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Registered: Jul 2000
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What the hell is a cockler and why were they flocking on a sandbank?

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a cockler is someone who goes out to get cockles.

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How fucking big is a cockle? It takes 13 chinese to catch one??

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It would seem that only eight died which means two immigranst are now exploiting the health service. Bastards.

A cockle is like an oyster wonderaz, it's basically a type of clam that sick individuals enjoy eating.

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Registered: Jan 2002
Location: UK
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cockles as in Sweet Molly Malone. You know that right?

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Location: Hilbert Space
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Cocles and mussels, no less. Alive, alive-o.

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20 cocklers believed to be chinese who are not from india.

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18 dead, and some still in the water

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Inconsiderate Chinese bastards. Sapping the resources of our much valued Coastal Guard services. Why is it that ONLY Chinese immigrants die in high numbers? Remember the fifty or so trapped in the steel container.

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Originally posted by Cockney_Rebel
Why is it that ONLY Chinese immigrants die in high numbers? Remember the fifty or so trapped in the steel container.

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This all ties in with tak's fantasy of a naked chinaman backing up but frightened to fall over the cliff, I expect. Somehow.

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500 quid a day's not too shabby.

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Originally posted by skalie
500 squid a day's not too shabby.

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If it is their trade, I'd think they'd know better than to get killed doing it en masse. Perhaps they are scabs stealing jobs from honest, and competent, English cocklers who had better sense than to wander out when the tide was rising. Natural selection, I'd call it.

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....that's what the dolphins say about the whales when they go stranding themselves en masse.

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God, with this kind of mortality rate, cockling has shot to No 1 on the extreme sports list.

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Registered: Jul 2001
Location: China
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Chinese love to eat slimy things.

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