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Nov 23, 20245 min read
"Farmers can farm jam"
Recent events have reminded me of the words of Prime Minister Gladstone to struggling farmers in the 1880's. I will explain this further
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Nov 10, 20245 min read
Japanese Chicken Sexers and their experience in World War 2 Britain
Many are aware of the World War 2 internment of Japanese in the USA due to the experience of George Takei and the play Allegiance. Few...
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Oct 2, 20244 min read
Sidebar - A Trip to Remember
May 28th 1914 saw the Welland Trustees take its annual trip "down below" into the waters of The Wash
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Sep 1, 20246 min read
Sidebar - The Rearing of Geese in all its Cruelty
Every so often I will publish material that did not make the script of “Marsh Fen and Town”. The following published in 1801 [i] is an...
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Aug 28, 20242 min read
Sidebar - How can you tell when a man is drunk?
Spalding policemen assumed a man was drunk after he loaded his pipe with pieces of pork pie and started to smoke it!
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Aug 14, 20241 min read
Sidebar - Fenland Proverbs and Sayings
Every so often I will post material that did not make the script of Marsh Fen and Town. The following are sayings from 17th to the 20th...
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Aug 7, 20241 min read
Sidebar - the failed escapologist of Moulton
Every so often I publish material that did not make the script of "Marsh Fen and Town" This account of a failed escapologist in Moulton,...
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Aug 6, 20244 min read
Sidebar - The Suicidal Fishmonger and an Accusation of Media Contagion
The suicide of a fishmonger in Spalding sees allegations of contagion. The latest sidebar of items not to make the text of Marsh Fen & Town
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Jul 30, 20244 min read
Butterflies
If you wish a child to get interested in nature one of the most accessible areas for a child are insects. They are everywhere and with...
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Jul 24, 20242 min read
Sidebar - Marsh Fen and Town - "A True Story told in 1964"
Every so often I will post bits that did not make it into my book "Marsh Fen and Town, South Lincolnshire and Beyond" This is a tale...
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Jul 20, 202412 min read
Sidebar - The Loss of the Cranberry in the Fens of Lincolshire
In this piece I look how drainage of the Fens for agriculture saw the loss of the cranberry in the Lincolnshire Fens.
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Jul 6, 20242 min read
An Ely M.P.
Every so often I will share tales, stories and anecdotes that have not made it into my script of Marsh Fen and Town South Lincolnshire...
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Jul 3, 20242 min read
Marsh Fen & Town Sidebar - Otters.
It is possibly one of the indicators of a river's health is the thriving of an apex predator like the otter. In the 2020's the otter is...
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Jun 30, 20241 min read
Marsh Fen & Town Sidebar - "Life of a Fenman"
Every so often I will share bits from my notes and research that did not make it into my book "Marsh Fen and Town South Lincolnshire and...
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Jun 26, 20242 min read
Marsh Fen & Town Sidebar - An early guide to wildfowling techniques.
Every so often I will post bits from my research and notes that I referred to but did not make it into my book Marsh Fen and Town, South...
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Jun 19, 20243 min read
Silver Wedding Anniversary
Your Royal Highnesses, Congratulations on your Silver Wedding Anniversary. My wife, Jo and I got married on the same day as yourselves in...
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Jun 18, 20242 min read
Marsh Fen & Town Sidebar - Wildfowlers and Wildfowl in Verse
Every so often I will post bits from my research anf notes that did not make it into my book Marsh Fen and Town, South Lincolnshire and...
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May 28, 20243 min read
Kenzie Thorpe - Boxer
Kenzie Thorpe is best known for his wildfowling, poaching, conservation and paintings. Much of his surviving notoriety is possibly the...
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Dec 8, 20232 min read
Professor Benjamin Zephaniah - Come Back
On Saturday 26th September 2015 I wrote a letter to Benjamin Zephaniah. The previous evening he had delivered a lecture to Spalding...
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Oct 30, 20232 min read
The Ghost of Burnopfield
The area around Burnopfield and the site of the old railway track is said to be haunted by a fearsome apparition with an "Eerie face with...
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