Tributes have been paid to the “fastest fish filleter in Grimsby”.
Michael Clarke, affectionately known to most as Greedy Mick due to his years of hard work on Grimsby Fish Docks, passed away on 5 February, 2010, after a short illness.
Mick, 59, of Laceby Acres, impressed many people worldwide with his speed and dedication to the job.
His daughter Jenny said he was a well thought of man with a “big heart.”
She said: “If you needed Dad, all you had to do was ring him. Myself and my sister Tracey both had him wrapped round our little fingers when we were little and I never once heard him lose his temper. He really doted on us.”
After attending Hereford School as a youngster, he went straight to work on the Fish Docks and co-worker Bill Cummings said he was a “real grafter”.
He recalled: “We worked in Iceland together once and he was challenged by a man from Holland who was said to be the best there is at filleting fish.
“After taking on Mick he realised he ...
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