Did herrings have a political significance in Cinderford? (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Saturday, February 17, 2018, 00:40 (2465 days ago) @ JaneyH

Great result to your apparently fishy story then Janey, fascinating stuff !

Timothy Mountjoy of the Littledean Hill end of Cinderford aka East Dean has been mentioned on this forum a few times, as you've found he was absolutely key to the local Trade Union movement.
http://forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=42969

One of the oldest roads in the town has been named Mountjoy Lane since at least the 1970s when I was little, presumably after Timothy. It runs parallel with the High Street, behind the old Sion Chapel cum YMCA where we used to play snooker a few years after this was taken.
http://way-mark.co.uk/foresthaven/livnhist/slide100.htm#

Still seems odd about the oranges, why would such a luxury item be allowed to go rotten in the first place without being used for cooking etc ? Despite sailors as early as the 1600s realising scurvy was prevented by eating limes etc, no-one really understood or even promoted the reasons until the early 1900s, when Vitamin C was first identified. Perhaps they were bought when already rotten, hence cheap, just to use for this demonstration, perhaps because of their "almost" yellow colour ?.

Thanks for your interesting post !