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:"“In 1971 I started working in the family business, 9th August 1971, so 42 years I have been in the business. In 1988 I became partners of W Stevenson & Sons, a few years ago I became a shareholder of W Stevenson & Sons Ltd. I have been a member of the Board of the Cornish Fish Producers Association for a long time and as a result of that I was an Executive Member of the of National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations and was asked to put myself forward to be Chairman of that, so I was Chairman of the NFFO in 2000, there was an election and I became the first woman chairman, I did two years as Chairman of that then two years as President of that. I have been a Board Member of the Seafish Industry Authority. Seafish is a government quango, I was a government appointee on that. I have been a member of the training association, Seafood Cornwall, I have represented at one time England, Wales and Northern Ireland in Brussels at fuel discussions with other EU nations a couple of times, I have met lots of fishermen, representatives, ministers, prime ministers, royal family all those sorts of things, I am very proud of that. I laid a wreath at the Cenotaph on remembrance Sunday with the members of the Navy, at the televised event on behalf of the fishing industry. I was standing in a row with the Lord West and few of the others and Commonwealth Representatives and the Queen on the right, that was one of the things I am most proud of.”"
 
:"“In 1971 I started working in the family business, 9th August 1971, so 42 years I have been in the business. In 1988 I became partners of W Stevenson & Sons, a few years ago I became a shareholder of W Stevenson & Sons Ltd. I have been a member of the Board of the Cornish Fish Producers Association for a long time and as a result of that I was an Executive Member of the of National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations and was asked to put myself forward to be Chairman of that, so I was Chairman of the NFFO in 2000, there was an election and I became the first woman chairman, I did two years as Chairman of that then two years as President of that. I have been a Board Member of the Seafish Industry Authority. Seafish is a government quango, I was a government appointee on that. I have been a member of the training association, Seafood Cornwall, I have represented at one time England, Wales and Northern Ireland in Brussels at fuel discussions with other EU nations a couple of times, I have met lots of fishermen, representatives, ministers, prime ministers, royal family all those sorts of things, I am very proud of that. I laid a wreath at the Cenotaph on remembrance Sunday with the members of the Navy, at the televised event on behalf of the fishing industry. I was standing in a row with the Lord West and few of the others and Commonwealth Representatives and the Queen on the right, that was one of the things I am most proud of.”"
 
:Elizabeth is a remarkable woman whose work experience allows her to represent the fishing industry in political, economic and socio-cultural arenas.~~http://www.coastalwiki.org/w/images/5/52/Administration.png;
 
:Elizabeth is a remarkable woman whose work experience allows her to represent the fishing industry in political, economic and socio-cultural arenas.~~http://www.coastalwiki.org/w/images/5/52/Administration.png;
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52.951124, 0.832980~[[File:Mary Linley.jpg|100px]] Mary Linley, Crab Dresser, Wells-Next the sea.<br />
 
52.951124, 0.832980~[[File:Mary Linley.jpg|100px]] Mary Linley, Crab Dresser, Wells-Next the sea.<br />
 
:"“In the 1960s, after school we used to go home and dress crabs, a crab still’s a crab after all these years. My brothers go to sea and get the crabs and we dress them and then they are taken to the store for sale”."
 
:"“In the 1960s, after school we used to go home and dress crabs, a crab still’s a crab after all these years. My brothers go to sea and get the crabs and we dress them and then they are taken to the store for sale”."

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