Bert Gripton never wrote a book,...BUT,..he fecking should of...
I still have a large bundle of his personal letters to me,..and his passion for the genuine working terrier shines through....
Back in the 's,..when the written word appertaining to the Lurcher and terrier enthusiast was still in it's embryonic stages,.guys such as Bert,...and a few others ..(rather closer to home),...GENUINELY believed that writing books and such was simply not on,..and completely out of the question for the likes of us serfs
Some jealous authors,.educated,.and in the know,..made quite sure that