Hundreds shell out on oysters at festival
5:35pm Saturday 3rd September 2011
HUNDREDS of seafood fans have been getting a taste for Mersea's world-famous oysters.
Organisers say 8,000 people turned out for the Colchester Oyster Festival in Castle Park.
Hundreds tried the seafood delicacy - many for the first time.
The West Mersea native oysters are considered the best in the world by many top chefs.
Full report and pictures in Monday's Gazette.