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A Pair Of Jesus Boots - Sylvia Sherry

The Gamekeeper - Barry Hines

Lurchers & Longdogs - Ted Walsh

Rogues & Running Dogs - Brian Plummer

The Moon's A Baloon - David Niven

The Happy Hooker - Xavier Hollander

I had a great childhood ;)

Ive still got the books a pair of jesus boots and the gamekeeper.

Ha, me too!

 

a pair of jesus boots was that rocky o rork

 

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that takes me back

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Danny the Champion of the World. A Poachers Tale. Lurchers and Longdogs. All "BB"'s books.   That photo of the saluki with his gazelle in Walsh's L&L's was a really big influence for me....

Ah back in the day when they had proper rugs on them.Like 4 pouches of old Holborn spread out lol.

There you go PeskyWabbits!         The Open Air Boy by G.M.A. Hewett, al about fishing, catapult, bird-catching etc Great book

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budharley, I can remember reading Mavro's Hawk for a Bush when I was just 15 years of age. Also wanted his other great book, A Falcon in the Field but was far too expensive for a lad of my age. Nowadays things have changed. I have 2 1st editions of Falcon in the Field, both very good condition and one is signed. Plus I perhaps have the finest 1st edition copy of Hawk for A Bush in the country.

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Read a lot of the books already mentioned. All of Dahl's books, Danny being my favourite. Jesus Boots, Under Goliath were school reading staples. Plummer, Harcombe, Drabble.

Read a fiction book once about an old terrierman on the Fells who'd fallen out with the local hunt. One of their hounds followed a fox to ground in a drain type thing and they had to come and ask the old man to bring his dog to help get it out. His old dog succeeded but died after. Anyone know it & what it's called?

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