Re: Float makers of yore
Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2020 3:13 pm
The ones with the red tops that taper down to a pinched bottom sound like celluloid floats (an early plastic). But without pics!
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I seem to remember Mark Cocker in one or his books mentioning that Common Cranes were hunted to extiction in the Yare Valley, Norfolk due to demand for the plumage from the hat industry.Tonkin Wand wrote: ↑Wed Jul 08, 2020 10:18 am Very interesting .I wonder if the earlier demand for plumage in fashion ie hats and bowers beloved of the Victorian/Edwardians promoted regulation. Compared to that demand a few flies ,even thousands would not make endangerment of avian breeds..Comment invited. Tony