Results tagged “Lobster” from Chester Chronicle - And Finally

A LOBSTER was a casualty of love last week when an aquatic offering ended in tragedy.

Helsby High School pupil Toby Hazlehurst, 17, bought the choice crustacean for his high school girlfriend but she couldn't face cooking it and, after naming it Bertie, rehomed it at the Blue Planet Aquarium.

But the lobster died after failing to regain its body temperature.

Toby's girlfriend Melissa Thomas, 17, of Homeway, Helsby, said: "I called him Bertie because it was the first name that came into my head. Toby bought me it so I could eat it but I couldn't, I felt sorry for it.

"I don't like seafood so I couldn't eat it anyway. I didn't know what to do."

The lobster was bought from The Goshawk pub, Mouldsworth, where Toby works as kitchen porter. He kept it in his fridge overnight before taking it into Helsby High School the next morning.

Melissa added: "I gave it to the biology department because I didn't know what to do with it. It was there for half-a-day then we took it to the Blue Planet Aquarium.

"None of the teachers really know there was a lobster in the school! I'm sorry about the fact it died."

Blue Planet Aquarium marketing assistant Vikki Calvert said: "The lobster was kept at too low a temperature. He didn't get back to temperature quickly enough and died."