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Sooner be caught Wanking than putting on that stuff, the last three years its always the Wild fires in that area
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Going for a Month starting July 1st La Cala may stay in Gib for a week .
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Who snitched on me ???
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OK HONEY BALLS Send me my message !and what doe's DELET mean >
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How do i do that ?? SUGAR BUM .
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TOKYO VICE ... on STARZPLAY
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I used the wrong word but spelt it right .
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No it is another bit of Film he has .
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Way back in the early 60s i dug a Ferret out from a small Set on a disused Railway Line, the Track Bed was made up off Foundry Dross and Clinker which is common in the Midlands, about 18 inches was a Hand full of Snake Skins which had been shed , never seen anything like it before or since is it very common ????
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Don't know what they cost but a neater and cheaper version would be a Body Grip in a Cubby
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Phil Day [Peg & Gun ] off of this site made a Film of Rabbits being snared ! i have not seen it but other members off this site have ,
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All you need to know is on here ! just read the Penned notes by G Waters or buy the Video by Woodga there is also a Book by G Waters which explains every thing you need to know by simple pen and ink drawings , in fact they are so simple even a chap that cannot spell TRAPPING might be able to understand them ?
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The Sheep Pastures were fenced off from the Rabbits and were sited were the water Table was high enough to support strong Grass growth for the Lambs, when the lambs were turned out of the Pastures holes /gaps were made in the fence to allow the Rabbits in , the Rabbits lived above the pastures in the Ridgelines and barren wasteland and could be seen in the evening traveling to the grass in their thousands from miles around , after a few weeks the holes were blocked at midnight and all people from the local Township would start to beat the Rabbits into Funnels that lead to the Tanks which w
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This book is by a Pro trapper and Poisoner of Rabbits in New Zealand ,it gives you some idea of the numbers of Rabbits that were about in the late 40s, he describes how two men worked a 120 leg hold traps and every day they averaged at least 6 cats numerous Ferrets, Stoats , Possums and others, he describes how the Tank trap worked , he also poisoned Rabbits for their Skins and goes into detail on how it was done, one example of this was two Men could skin and Bury 500 Rabbits a day , to do this they had to be spot on with the Bait and length of the Poison line and the first time the the
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Lovely ! what a handsome family they are .
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A spoonful of bicarb in a glass of milk stops Heartburn instantly
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I was in the shop this morning and the the chap before me bought twenty Fags an a Paper it came to £15 , 27 p , out of curiosity i asked how much Park Drive were ? he said "i do not know we only sell Tipped fags " the last Park Drive i bought were 3 Shillings and Sixpence , 17. i/2p in todays Money .
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EBAY OR O,T,C. MAY HAVE A COUPLE.
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David Simon writer of the Wire has written a sequel , series 6.
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THANK YOU MATE ? -
Pet Cemetary
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There was a Book written some years ago by Richard Fawcett RABBITY DICK AKA The Pennine Poacher , he lived just outside of Bentham on the Clapham road , our neighbour in Ingelton new him well because she was born in Bentham in 1932 he caused uproar in the 50s when he killed another farmer with a Pitchfork and went on trial for his life and everyone in the area wanted to hang , he got away with it then caused another scandal when he ran away with Ivy Mossop a well to-do Married Woman and set up home with her, he wrote other books about the Dales Railways and he worked as a Ganger out of R
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I have been informed that the Rabbit Tank was a Mesh fence that surrounded a water hole where Rabbits could enter but not exit , this is along the lines that i was thinking but i still cannot see how three Men could keep that pace up for a day never mind 7
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When i was a kid in the 50s one of my jobs was to take the Chicken Muck to the Estates Head Gardener Mr Charles he told me Chicken muck was to hot and had to stand for two years and Soot had to stand for seven , would this have been right Right ?
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That is not really possible 3500 a day is a lot of Bunnies , each man would have to handle about 1150 Rabbits a day ....how did it work ??? . Another part of the article was the prices they got on example was the Skins £1 a lb from poisoned Rabbits . There was thousands working in the industry and the pay was fantastic wages could be £5-10 pounds a week which was a fortune in the 30 -40s .
