Being from a poor northern ex mining town...
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Ah the 'otties. Guppies in the margins and cichlids if you fished worm. Walking from town to Carr Mill at silly o'clock in the morning to fish for bream. Those were the days!
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Probably best with NCB on the back - very 70sNoodle wrote:Would a genuine from the time of the pits and glass works we once had donkey jacket be acceptable ?
Worn in conjunction with wooly jumper and corduroy trousers?
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Here you go Noodle a bit of nostalgia for you:
http://traditionalfisherman.com/viewtop ... =145&t=673
http://traditionalfisherman.com/viewtop ... =145&t=673
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Can we close this thread before we are knee deep in ferrets, whippets and black puddings
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Only a genuine Barnsley donkey jacket .. With an orange Fluoro top with the letters NCB emblazoned upon it !!!
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Re: Being from a poor northern ex mining town...
Not quite nostalgia for me they had ended long before I got to go fishingSeanM wrote:Here you go Noodle a bit of nostalgia for you:
http://traditionalfisherman.com/viewtop ... =145&t=673
I know les brom though and live almost on the banks of the sankey It's not too bad to fish these days if you like pike, perch and cannibal bream
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Ncb no it's an everyday one just pure wool with a tartan lining may have been a united glass issue although I'm sure I remember my dad buying it and me one when I was 10 or so for fishing
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http://youtu.be/F7Uzj5l6rDgDave Burr wrote:Can we close this thread before we are knee deep in ferrets, whippets and black puddings
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Re: Being from a poor northern ex mining town...
You've no taste at all Mr Burr there's nowt wrong wi' a bit o' black puddin.Dave Burr wrote:Can we close this thread before we are knee deep in ferrets, whippets and black puddings
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