Very nice Paul, but it does upset me somewhat. It upsets me that I lived for 6 years just outside Cambridge (MA) and had no idea that museum was there (almost) just up the road in Manchester (VT). Alas, now I'm sentenced to a 6 further year stretch (at least) just outside the wrong Manchester, it's no longer just up the road...
I think I remember hearing rumours (or reading) about your plan for the British Angling Museum, a great shame it never came to fruition. Hope you have recovered fully from those 'unfortunate responses'.
History - how the Americans do it
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Re: History - how the Americans do it
I do remember seeing that post Paul (I lurk a lot, but rarely stick my snout above the surface). A great shame the museum never came off, and your experiences (referred to ion the first post above) do not reflect particularly well on some of our angling 'glitterati'.
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Re: History - how the Americans do it
There is of course the virtual museum here:
http://www.fishingmuseum.org.uk/
and also
http://www.anglingheritage.org/
In some ways I think part of the difference with the US situation is how we British tend to deal with success: we aren't the same sort of gong beating celebrationists as our American cousins, tending more towards the "bashing off pedestal" approach! I once heard a quotation, referring to superheroes actually, that summed it up - "an Englishman would be too modest to leap tall buildings in a single bound even if he could, and as for wearing his underpants outside his trousers..."
We seem culturally to much prefer the triumphant loser - cf. Eddie the Eagle for example - than the out and out world beater, finding such people (who of necessity need a particular brand of confidence that can appear to verge on the arrogant) a little distasteful.
I kind of like it that way too....
http://www.fishingmuseum.org.uk/
and also
http://www.anglingheritage.org/
In some ways I think part of the difference with the US situation is how we British tend to deal with success: we aren't the same sort of gong beating celebrationists as our American cousins, tending more towards the "bashing off pedestal" approach! I once heard a quotation, referring to superheroes actually, that summed it up - "an Englishman would be too modest to leap tall buildings in a single bound even if he could, and as for wearing his underpants outside his trousers..."
We seem culturally to much prefer the triumphant loser - cf. Eddie the Eagle for example - than the out and out world beater, finding such people (who of necessity need a particular brand of confidence that can appear to verge on the arrogant) a little distasteful.
I kind of like it that way too....
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Re: History - how the Americans do it
I've been unfortunate enough to meet (non-angling) super-egos on both sides of the pond - and I find nothing to choose between the US and UK version. There's good and bad everywhere.