dezza
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I refer to the book "A Modern Treatise on practical Coarse Fish Angling" by Henry Coxon - 1896
Anglers Railway Privileges - for anglers living in Nottingham.
All return fares from Nottingham
Cost.......................s d
Burton Joyce...........0/9d
Lowdham................0/10d
Newark...................1/10d
Collingham...............2/4d
Burton on Trent........2/6d
Matlock Bath...........2/10d
And many stations along main routes pro-rata.
In those days virtually every village had a railway station.
This fascinating book is full of advertisments from fishing tackle to cricket bats and from jewelry to lace curtains and from whisky to bicycles. In fact there are fifty advertisement in this publication.
Many modern anglers complain of the number of ads in modern magazines. In the Victorian period they had ads in books as well as magazines.
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As regards being able to travel England for their fishing, there have been few to equal JW Martin.
In 1908, Martin wrote:
"For nearly 50 years I have been a fisherman on many of the rivers, broads and lakes of England, and have had exceptional opportunities of studying the styles and methods adopted by the most local men on twentyfive different rivers."
It is interesting to note that this was in 1908. I doubt if few could make that boast today with our motor cars.
It truly is remarkable the ease at which some of the great anglers of the past got around.
Anglers Railway Privileges - for anglers living in Nottingham.
All return fares from Nottingham
Cost.......................s d
Burton Joyce...........0/9d
Lowdham................0/10d
Newark...................1/10d
Collingham...............2/4d
Burton on Trent........2/6d
Matlock Bath...........2/10d
And many stations along main routes pro-rata.
In those days virtually every village had a railway station.
This fascinating book is full of advertisments from fishing tackle to cricket bats and from jewelry to lace curtains and from whisky to bicycles. In fact there are fifty advertisement in this publication.
Many modern anglers complain of the number of ads in modern magazines. In the Victorian period they had ads in books as well as magazines.
---------- Post added at 13:12 ---------- Previous post was at 12:49 ----------
As regards being able to travel England for their fishing, there have been few to equal JW Martin.
In 1908, Martin wrote:
"For nearly 50 years I have been a fisherman on many of the rivers, broads and lakes of England, and have had exceptional opportunities of studying the styles and methods adopted by the most local men on twentyfive different rivers."
It is interesting to note that this was in 1908. I doubt if few could make that boast today with our motor cars.
It truly is remarkable the ease at which some of the great anglers of the past got around.
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