Essex Tackle shop
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London not Essex, but untouched for twenty years until three weeks ago!
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That's a great photo Nick, I'll buy a copy of Fallons for that article
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Has it open as a tackle shop again I used to go in there in the 80s . Ron his name was you ask for a pint of maggots and got half a pint .The Tuesday Swim wrote: ↑Mon Mar 27, 2017 12:06 pm
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I'm afraid it closed down in the late nineties.
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That's a superb cover shot, Nick.
Back in Essex, I still have this reel bag from my old local shop, long gone now. The four-digit telephone number gives a clue to the era.
Back in Essex, I still have this reel bag from my old local shop, long gone now. The four-digit telephone number gives a clue to the era.
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That is a pity it had a carp in a case . Do you know what it has become . There are no tackle shops in my area anymore I have to go to dagenham or roman road bow or Kentish town .
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Greg was that the shop near the train station? I used to work on the industrial estate in Billericay.
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There is more to this story and more information comes in all the time, the cased fish I know about but didn't know it was a carp, we may have traced its whereabouts though.Fisherman1947 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 27, 2017 4:49 pmThat is a pity it had a carp in a case . Do you know what it has become . There are no tackle shops in my area anymore I have to go to dagenham or roman road bow or Kentish town .
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It was, Leigh. Originally Ken Stubbs Tackle & Guns, taken over in the early-mid 1970s by Mike Norris who ran it up to the end of the 80s. It went through a succession of owners after him and eventually became pretty much a carp only sort of place. It was still a tackle shop up until about ten years ago but closed down when the last owner moved to France. A niece of a friend of mine took it over and turned it into a sandwich shop but it didn't work out. I'm not sure what's there now.
When were you working in Billericay and what company was it? Did you ever fish at Lake Meadows?
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Good to see the new owners have kept the shop nameThe Tuesday Swim wrote: ↑Mon Mar 27, 2017 12:06 pm
London not Essex, but untouched for twenty years until three weeks ago!