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A fishmonger (historically fishwife for female practitioners) is someone who sells raw fish and seafood. Fishmongers can be wholesalers or retailers, and are trained at selecting and purchasing, handling, gutting, boning, filleting, displaying, merchandising and selling their product. In some countries modern supermarkets are replacing fishmongers who operate in shops or fish markets.

The fishmongers guild, one of the earliest guilds, was established in the City of London by a Royal Charter granted by Edward I shortly after he became king in 1272. Partnership with foreigners was forbidden and the sale of fish was tightly controlled to ensure freshness and restrain profit, which was limited to one penny in the shilling. Nevertheless, the guild grew rich and, after Edward's victory over the Scots, was able to make a great show, including one thousand mounted knights.

During the reign of Edward II, the political power of the fishmongers waned and Parliament decreed that no fishmonger could become mayor of the city. This was soon rescinded and their wealth increased further so that, during the reign of Edward III, the guild could provide £40 to the war against the French, this being a great sum at that time.

The guild was then reformed by Great Charter as the Mystery of the Fishmongers of London. They were given a monopoly over the crying and selling of fish and they regulated the catching of fish in the Thames which teemed with fish such as salmon at that time. The guild still continues today as one of the Great Twelve City Livery Companies.

In many countries, the fishwife was proverbial for her sharp tongue and outspoken speech. In Medieval France, the ones in Paris were known for their special privilege of being able to speak frankly to the King himself, when he ventured into the marketplace, and voice criticism without fear of punishment.

Molly Malone is a character from a popular Irish song about a young fishwife who tragically dies at a young age.

Charles Fort in his book Lo! compiles the story of the Mad Fishmonger or "St. Fishmonger", which later may or may not appear in the Schrödinger's Cat Trilogy by Robert Anton Wilson. St. Fishmonger allegedly caused crabs and periwinkles to fall from the sky.

In the English translation of the Asterix series, the village fishmonger is called Unhygienix. In the film The Beach, the Island's chef has only fish as a source of meat, and is named Unhygienix in reference to the Asterix character.

In Shakespeare's Hamlet, some contend that the word fishmonger was a euphemism for a "fleshmonger" or pimp. Source Wikipedia.

TD : Agfapan 100 Professional 35mm film, developed in D-76 1+1 for 7 minutes. Exposure ISO 100 @35mm lens, natural daylight. Scanned with Alpha 6000 edited in ACR, inverted in CS6.

275/365. Decorative HUGE bottles of Italian liqueur by Mademoiselle Couché

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Seen in Mediterranean Wholesalers Brunswick

An angel klub and a fish wholesaler by Jens Cederskjold

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233/365. Wall to wall Italian delicious liqueur. Amaro Averna Siciliano. Found in the vast and well stocked Brunswick favourite… Mediterranean Wholesalers Pty Ltd on Sydney Rd. by Mademoiselle Couché

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Since 1868, Amaro Averna has represented true Sicilian craft with a story rooted in heritage and tradition. Its recipe transmits the flavors and aromas of the land it comes from and has become a staple in every Italian home, passed down from generation to generation.

Big Lots (Variety Wholesalers), Pearl, MS by Retail Retell

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Late last year, after Big Lots declared bankruptcy and began liquidating all of its stores, news broke that the company had entered a deal with Variety Wholesalers, owners of Roses and other chains, to acquire the Big Lots intellectual property as well as hundreds of store leases, with plans to reopen them under the same name. Fast-forward to April 10, 2025, and the first batch of “Big Lots 2.0” stores held their soft openings, with Mississippi lucky enough to act as home to two of those initial stores, Tupelo and Pearl. With the latter being my local store, naturally, I decided to check out what the reopened Pearl Big Lots is all about. If you’re interested in seeing it too, then please head over to my recent blog post here: midsouthretail.blogspot.com/2025/04/big-lots-variety-whol...

These places are public so these photos are too, but just as I tell where they came from, I'd appreciate if you'd say who :)

OLDENBURG - WAREHOUSE of the wholesaler `LOGEMANN´ - Street art, Graffiti / 182nd picture by Plumper Quatsch

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Since the end of 2015 it can legally be used for graffiti art.

Photos of this series: goo.gl/b0Y4sS

OLDENBURG - Grundschule / primary school (Eßkamp) / Graffiti, Street Art: goo.gl/ngAi7d

OLDENBURG - Youth Club Ofenerdiek / Graffiti, Street Art: goo.gl/g8r9of

OLDENBURG - Rudolf-Diesel Straße / Burmesterstraße / Graffiti, Street Art: goo.gl/ZsI9AI

OLDENBURG - Sportshall TuS Bloherfelde / Graffiti, Street Art: tinyurl.com/ycftt9gl

OLDENBURG - Metal Wall - Stedinger Str., Drielaker 'Str. / Graffiti, Street Art: tinyurl.com/y7w3kfh5

OLDENBURG - Bridge Gallery / bridges near the city center - Brücken in Innenstadtnähe / Graffiti, Street Art: t1p.de/3ngz

OLDENBURG - UTKIEK : the old landfill / alte Mülldeponie / Graffiti, Street Art: goo.gl/qcHfkz

OLDENBURG - Melkbrink / Graffiti, Street Art: goo.gl/fQj9wO

OLDENBURG - an verschiedenen Plätzen / at different locations / Graffiti, Street Art: goo.gl/7e1fkZ

` OLDENBURG ´ - is an independent city in the state of Lower Saxony, Germany.

Population 165.000 ( Dec. 31. 2015 ) ( Metropolitan Region `Bremen / Oldenburg´ 2.4 million people )

No Easter Bonfire by _xs4all_

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inferno @ neighborhood

Darmstadt, 1986

The start of a major fire at a neighboring timber wholesaler.

Biggest fire I've ever seen in my life.

At first, my buddies and I thought it was just a hallucination. At that time we were experimenting a lot with exotic psychedelics, and the evening the picture was taken, mescaline was on the program. As the trip was only just beginning, I was still able to take this picture from the balcony. ;-)

The crane melted after a few hours and toppled over,

the fire was only under control after 3 days.

ZEISS IKON ICAREX 35 S, Tessar 2.8 / 50

unknown film, maybe ILFORD FP4

OLDENBURG - WAREHOUSE of the wholesaler `LOGEMANN´ - Street art, Graffiti / 116th picture by Plumper Quatsch

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