Long Before The Ban, Mobile Phones, Internet, Saluki Crosses, Matches, And Comps, Clubs,

[day worker 296]

Yeah handy for hiding the car in lol! It used to be crawling with good hares back then not sure what it's like now! I keep telling friends about it and saying we should travel up for the day!

[morton 5,367]

Tatsblisters,I used to lamp the dales with lads from S.Yorks,with gaffers dad and a professional boxer they called the donkey,as he lugged the lads catches,we entered and ran land that no sensible fecker would,whilst the donkey was in tow,any interest in our nightime activity was met with the donkeys sullen stare and inability to grasp the severity of the situation,the lad was a licence to poach with disdain and contempt for land ownership and manners,happy days and ignorance accounted for a weighty number of scutters leaving that land in sacks.

[cocker 2,654]

Yeah handy for hiding the car in lol! It used to be crawling with good hares back then not sure what it's like now! I keep telling friends about it and saying we should travel up for the day!

not sure what its like now it be 10 years since I've been on there mate

[Con6212 155]

My first Lurcher was bred from Cotton King, to a good hill collie bitch, 1958, I was 14 years old, cotton king won the waterloo cup, he was trained by Harvey Wright, who was a neighbour of my Grannies, I trained the pup off that mating on mixy rabbits, and he took his first Hare around 14 months old, he stood around 26" good pace, and stamina to burn, in those days there was Hares in almost every field, I left school 1960, straight to work, 1961 down to London,

Asphalt paving, Motorways M4 slough by-pass my dog had a field day, down there on rabbits the cabbage fields, the boys could not believe how he could work,

even around the gravel pits near Feltham, had Hares and rabbits, back in those days the Asphalt plant would break down, no supply of mix, the dog was in the works van, out for a spin, Freedom lads, and nobody asked any questions, Paid top dollar, + the ole subsistance, and running the dog, in my young days I was classed as paver operator, paid, 2 hours a day for machine maintance,= 10 hours per wk, for putting a few shotts of grease into a few nipples, running my dog,

I thought life cannot be any sweeter, the section of work covered from Colnbrooke to reading section, In 1968 I moved back up north M6 Penrith by-pass, then Shap section, works van, a dog bred down from the first fellow, Rabbits, Hares, grouse, and pheasant, it was all there from the courtesy of Lord Lonsdale estate,

and again making top dollar, double bonus, ((( that was the priveledge of being a foreman, works van, a 12 bore shotgun, catridges, an ole dog lying stretched out across the front seat, ((( could you imagine that happening today, truth lads that was all in the 60s and up to early 70s then the first recession I ever new about, 1972/3 Teds Heaths government on the floor, and from that day on up to present the country has been on a down hill slope, from Salt ash in cornwall,

to the Shetlands, I have travelled + more, with a good ole Lurcher, ((((( like one time we were in Honiton, devon, I just filled my car up with the best of red diesel mid 60s IT SNOWED OVER NIGHT, MY CAR WAS PARKED ON A HILL, when I came to the car, there was a trail of Red diesel, coming from my car,

for at least 20 or more yards, like a dog pissing in the snow, I got started up and out of there as quickly a,s,a,p, only small snippits of some my experiences,

today 2014 I have two dogs, saluki/grey/whippet, that mix, are they any better than my good collie crosses No never those dogs in my young days were never at the vets, No electrolytes, only a good cup of tea with plenty of sugar in, or Honey and water,, cheers lads,

 

You want to see slough and feltham now mate proper shit holes and its like your in a third world country! Edited February 9, 2014 by Con6212

[day worker 296]

 

Yeah handy for hiding the car in lol! It used to be crawling with good hares back then not sure what it's like now! I keep telling friends about it and saying we should travel up for the day!

 

not sure what its like now it be 10 years since I've been on there mate

i left the area in 92 and haven't been back since! Good memories though!

[tatsblisters 7,950]

Tatsblisters,I used to lamp the dales with lads from S.Yorks,with gaffers dad and a professional boxer they called the donkey,as he lugged the lads catches,we entered and ran land that no sensible fecker would,whilst the donkey was in tow,any interest in our nightime activity was met with the donkeys sullen stare and inability to grasp the severity of the situation,the lad was a licence to poach with disdain and contempt for land ownership and manners,happy days and ignorance accounted for a weighty number of scutters leaving that land in sacks.

Not the same boxer.The lad i am on about would not be a donky for anybody.

[slip lead 862]

Back in the day marching the fields in me monkey boots lol

imagine giving your kid a pair of them now there probable beat you with them

[lat 29]

Great post that Cocker. Takes me back to late seventies when if my Grandad was on nights I would skive off school and go out on a nearby airfield with him after Hares. He used to keep his own line of whippets. Unbelievable to think you can catch Hares with them LOL

[cocker 2,654]

a pic from around 1972

 

a good mate of mine i went to school with he was a 1970s hare courser, i still knock about with this lad today, he's still got dogs aswel, i bought my first ferret off him in 1972, i can even remember the date it was november the fifth 1972, 50p i paid for that ferret

[Molie1337 35]

A great man once said..."ooo you lucky, lucky b*****ds"...i wish I was old and crusty, I was born in the wrong time i think!

 

Cracking pics

 

Atb

 

Molie

[kps1979 1,308]

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Ahhh the old double denim look.. Classic!

[zigzag dan 784]

Cracking post Mart , no wonder you didn't run off , with them flares ! lol

[blue staffy 145]

Love reading posts about the good old days , I was unlucky not being born until 1977 I missed the glory days got my first ferret in 1989 then my first lurcher in 1994 but even back then there wasn't the same amount of muppets with lurchers so it was easier to go out for a run , all my running is on permission these days but that could just be with getting older and meant to be wiser , keep up the posts of the good old days folks

[cocker 2,654]

more modern ammo

[dodger 2,664]

Good thread and pics mate..