Word: repack
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Fishmongers Cleve and Moore both announced themselves astounded, and then set desperately to work to get the fish to the Queen before it spoiled. Moore waited in agony while an overdue train from Grimsby crept toward him through the fog. A crew of cold-storage experts stood by to repack the sturgeon in a new load of ice on Moore's truck. When all was set, Moore's general manager nipped off through the fog with the precious burden to London, 125 miles away. Meanwhile, in Grimsby, Fishmonger Cleve fretted for fear Moore was stealing the show...