Ditchfield's Little Wonder Books

[Kev D]

I came across these two gems while rearranging my bookshelves. I remember buying or having them bought for me back in the 60s .
Interestingly they quote the carp record as 26lb which infers they were type-set between 1930 and 1951.

My brother and l had several of these little books. They were part of a prolific series covering everything from pig and goat rearing to the care of fancy mice and rats.

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[Tonkin Wand]

"Fishing for all ages",the first book on angling I ever bought with pocket money,aged about ten. Read it and reread it until I could almost recite the contents chapter and verse. Still could not catch anything worth talking about until much older.

[Wanderer]

I remember these little publications very well.
I learned a lot from these books
When I was a boy, I bought a number of them and one or two of them are possibly still knocking about somewhere.
Around Yorkshire they were often sold in Pet Shops.

[Tonkin Wand]

Look on Google under Ditchfields Famous Pet Books. Lots of information given on all aspects of the three fishing related booklets. Note the first launch price,... 4d worth a shilling....quaint language of an age long gone.

[Kev D]

I still kick myself because when a little gardening and pet food shop shut down in the 1980s they had hundreds of Ditchfield Wonder Books in a crate, reduced to 5pence each.
And l resisted the temptation.......

[Catfish.017]

I'm sure Chris Yates writes about the coarse fishing one in Casting at the Sun. The early days before he caught his first fish.