About

There has been a shellfish business of the site of Claws for over 60 years it was started by Mrs Susan Vidgen and run off trestles and boards until the early 1960s when the first kiosk was built. When Mrs Vidgen died the business was carried on by her daughters Lil, Florie and Louis and her son Jim until they retired in 2001.

The kiosk was then purchased by Clive and Jenny Higgins who used to run the pleasure boats. Our Jenny, Our Rosalie and Skylark from the kiosk at the other end of the line. Clive sold the boating business and bought the shellfish stall straight after on the same day while his wife was on a short break with her friend.

Jenny returned from France to find she had swapped selling boat trips to selling shellfish but unfazed proceeded to add a refrigerated counter, tables and chairs and obtain a drinks licence to turn it into the delightful place it is now. Selling shellfish was not new to Clive and Jenny as they used to run Brixham Viviers, as well as their pleasure boats, selling crabs and lobsters to dealers all over England as well as exporting them to Spain, in the winter they also ran wet fish stalls in Newport and Bristol markets.