When I was young our family often went to Wells-Next-The-Sea, in North Norfolk, for our annual holidays. I remember that at one end of the quay area were some whelk sheds. In these sheds said molluscs were boiled and then were, presumably, sold to be eaten (the prospect of actually consuming boiled, marine molluscs horrifies me - but there's no accounting for taste!).
What I most vividly recall about these sheds was the smell - 'stench' would be more accurate - a fishy, salty, oily sort of miasma that actually seemed to penetrate and cling to the mucus membranes at the back of your nose - disgusting!!


Apart from that Wells was/is very nice and I always enjoyed going ...