hi ron,all interesting stuff about richard walker,another little bit i didnt mention was my mum and dad moved to sussex in the early seventys,as they wanted to be near my sister and brother,so they exchaned houses,but i stayed in hitchin for a little while,being that my job,fishing,and mates where in the hitchin area,so i had to rent a room in somebodys house,not the greatist time of my life,the room in the house was in lancaster avenue,which was the road at the bottom of bearton avenue,?10 per week then,and when i looked out of the window i saw this lovely garden with a camoflauged hut and nets hanging from the tree,and it suddenly dawned on me that it was **** walkers garden,its so strange how things turn out sometimes.i believe ian howcroft is trying to do a book on **** walker as well.the last time i went to hitchin was 1985,i went and bought 2 normark rods of alan browns tackle shop,someone else who knew **** quite well.still fell the tears swell up in my eyes when i see a photo of him.regards derek.