Gary Bills
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Redmire Pool and the Carp Catchers' Club
A group of like-minded carp enthusiasts revolutionised British angling in the Fifties, but was their club a closed shop, with increasingly closed minds?
Oct 11, 2010
- Gary Bills
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Richard Walker and the Mark IV Carp Rod
A revolutionary rod design led to the capture of massive fish in the Fifties. But was its maker satisfied?
Oct 6, 2010
- Gary Bills
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Bad Winters in Britain, 1947 and 1963
Very bad winters are rare in the UK, but when they come, they come with a vengeance.
Sep 3, 2010
- Gary Bills
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Manuka Honey: A Wonder Food? A Wonder Medicine?
Is it possible that a natural honey from New Zealand has remarkable, unique, health-giving properties?
Sep 3, 2010
- Gary Bills
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The Wild West Death of an English Gent
A well-born Englishman met a grisly death in the Old Wild West, but he left behind him an invaluable record of Native American culture.
Sep 3, 2010
- Gary Bills
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The Barretts of Wimpole Street, or Hope End?
Few people realise that a great poet of the nineteenth century spent her childhood in a quiet English backwater, and one that is still idyllic.
Sep 2, 2010
- Gary Bills
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The Hell Hounds of Herefordshire
Who can explain why phantom black dogs have been seen, according to many accounts, on lonely roads throughout the UK, even to the present day?
Sep 2, 2010
- Gary Bills
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The Composer's Last Bow! - The Ghost Of E.J. Moeran
A friend of the English composer E.J. Moeran felt snubbed when he waved her away, following a greeting. But was it his ghost she had seen in the street?
Aug 26, 2010
- Gary Bills
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Do Roman Soldiers Haunt The Malvern Hills?
The mysterious Malvern Hills at the heart of England, were less peaceful 2,000 years ago, when Romans and Ancient Britons clashed there in battle.
Aug 25, 2010
- Gary Bills
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