D Brian Plummer

[steve66 3,555]

On 17/03/2022 at 19:31, low plains drifter said:

Note the brace of authentic Lucas terriers on the working terrier calendar 

Circa 1988

working westies 

[steve66 3,555]

On 17/03/2022 at 21:16, W. Katchum said:

Said it before an I say it again bull shitter or not reading some his books as a kid put me on the path I’m on an not sat doing a lifer, or dead. Somebody already said it but that book Nathan was some read,  awsome,  loved it when I first read it an re read it straight away, never done that before or since, an I read a lot books in the last few decades since

plummers jack russell and omega book where crackin reads and the fell terrier book , all well before the internet when infomation was sparse , certainly fire me up to get out in the field joined the F&M subscription to edrd shooting news  gamefairs ect and certainly met some odd bods in the dog game but also some great people 

all started from picking up a plummer book in the library 

should add only read nathan last year and thought it was a crackin read 

 

[levigsp 938]

14 hours ago, steve66 said:

plummers jack russell and omega book where crackin reads and the fell terrier book , all well before the internet when infomation was sparse , certainly fire me up to get out in the field joined the F&M subscription to edrd shooting news  gamefairs ect and certainly met some odd bods in the dog game but also some great people 

all started from picking up a plummer book in the library 

should add only read nathan last year and thought it was a crackin read 

 

Like it or not Nathen was good because it was written about a subject he was well versed in, as were a couple of his other books.

The rest were the result of his great capacity to listen, remember and write and his very active imagination.

But I agree with others, he got a lot of kids onto the fieldsport path at a time when it had started to die.

[mackem 27,377]

9 minutes ago, levigsp said:

Like it or not Nathen was good because it was written about a subject he was well versed in, as were a couple of his other books.

The rest were the result of his great capacity to listen, remember and write and his very active imagination.

A few things he wrote didn't measure up to first hand experience, I wonder the controversy and criticism his works would attract if published nowadays with the Internet transparency. 

[jukel123 8,567]

Yes writers can bullshit. It comes with the territory. For me, separating fact from fable is part of the fun. 

I have fond memories of Friday nights in the eighties.  My two boys  and me would compete for the Shooting News where Plummer was star man, along with Daergi and old Phil on  here. Then we would get fish and chips and a VHS film.

 Not forgetting Tiswas on a Saturday morning. They had their slapstick and I had that eye candy woman whose name escapes me.

 

[levigsp 938]

13 minutes ago, mackem said:

A few things he wrote didn't measure up to first hand experience, I wonder the controversy and criticism his works would attract if published nowadays with the Internet transparency. 

If you knew him, truly knew him you would know, he understood ferreting with a dog well enough, he understood fox digging and catching the odd rat and dog fighting.

The rest well lets leave it at that.

 

[mackem 27,377]

12 minutes ago, jukel123 said:

Yes writers can bullshit. It comes with the territory. For me, separating fact from fable is part of the fun. 

I have fond memories of Friday nights in the eighties.  My two boys  and me would compete for the Shooting News where Plummer was star man, along with Daergi and old Phil on  here. Then we would get fish and chips and a VHS film.

 Not forgetting Tiswas on a Saturday morning. They had their slapstick and I had that eye candy woman whose name escapes me.

 

Sally James, she was a stunner

[jukel123 8,567]

Just now, mackem said:

Sally James, she was a stunner

This the one. Thanks Mackem.

[mackem 27,377]

2 minutes ago, jukel123 said:

This the one. Thanks Mackem.

I used to love her in those thigh high boots I wonder if Chris Tarrant ever y'know

[jukel123 8,567]

33 minutes ago, mackem said:

I used to love her in those thigh high boots I wonder if Chris Tarrant ever y'know

Remember that photo of him and the now Duchess of Sussex? 

[mackem 27,377]

4 minutes ago, jukel123 said:

Remember that photo of him and the now Duchess of Sussex? 

To be fair Edward is a bit lifeless

[jukel123 8,567]

23 minutes ago, mackem said:

To be fair Edward is a bit lifeless

What do you think she saw in the Royal  multi- millionaire Edward?

[mackem 27,377]

1 minute ago, jukel123 said:

What do you think she saw in the Royal  multi- millionaire Edward?

Edward was a luvvie, theatrical, were there "rumours" about his sexuality? The "marriage" must surely have been arranged to give him a veneer of normalcy

[jukel123 8,567]

Just now, mackem said:

Edward was a luvvie, theatrical, were there "rumours" about his sexuality? The "marriage" must surely have been arranged to give him a veneer of normalcy

He was lucky. That family have ways of dealing with embarrassing family members. 

[OldPhil 5,809]

1 hour ago, levigsp said:

If you knew him, truly knew him you would know, he understood ferreting with a dog well enough, he understood fox digging and catching the odd rat and dog fighting.

The rest well lets leave it at that.

 

 Hey, let's not leave it at that....