To-day Bernard Venables would have been 110

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To Bernard :cheers:

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:cheers: Bernard your inspiration never fades
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Please spare a thought all. Today had the great man still been with us he would have been celebrating his 112 th birthday.

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You will always be Mr Crabtree to me Bernard. :Hat:

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To Mr Crabtree bless him.
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Well, I raised my glass to Bernard as I do every year. I hope others spared him a thought.
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A great man and a great angler.
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If you have no grease with you, and your rings are full of ice, do not cut out the ice with a pen-knife but get your man to put the rings one by one in his mouth, and so to thaw the ice.
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Total respect for a true legend, Bernard Venables ..Angler and wonderful Artist who has given so much inspiration to myself and others..Happy Birthday Mr Crabtree! :Hat:

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I shall raise a dram to the great man this evening :Hat:

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