If seven men with seven trucks worked here ***** year do you suppose - said the fishermen - that they would got it ***** I doubt it said the fishmonger, and shed a bitter tear . . . without apologies to Lewis Carroll, it isn't surprising, The sands in the picture are 2ft. deep in cockles in places. But the three gleaners arent wasting time in talk about the cockles - millions of them - washed up on the beach at Holkham, Norfolk. And they aren't arguing with the experts, who say the cockles are too full of sand to be of any use for the table. They are going to boil them and see. March 28, 1949. (Photo by Daily Mirror).