Anyone Remember The Norfolk Lurcher Society 80's-90's?

[sam74 1]

Just wondered if anyone remembers the club or its shows from the eighties/early90's? I'm off for a few jars with my mate who is moving to teneriffe next week and he used to be chairman of the club and i know he would like to hear any stories or memories of those times

[Phil Lloyd 10,736]

I remember that it was one hell of a long drive to Diss....

[morton 5,367]

Just wondered if anyone remembers the club or its shows from the eighties/early90's? I'm off for a few jars with my mate who is moving to teneriffe next week and he used to be chairman of the club and i know he would like to hear any stories or memories of those times

Lambourne was the Mecca in the day,long before lurcher shows became polluted with pseudo shampooed jukels lads beat a path to Lambourne,i only went once,what a pilgrimage,the Stone Henge of the scruffy lurcher mass.

[morton 5,367]

My first lurcher was fetched home from lambourne, by a mate of my uncles, was gifted to him at the show, was guarenteed to hjkc, even tho it was 9 weeks old lol but it did everything asked of it by time it was fully grown.

If you went to Lambourne every pup on offer,feck there was some,was guaranteed to Hunt,Jump,Feck,Fight,Wheel a Barrow and ride a Bike,i believe the going price when i made my pilgrimage was about £15 a pup,im not that old either?.

[morton 5,367]

Now that would be a good topic for a lurcher book,Lambourne and the characters it attracted,especially from their money?.

[wild rover 548]

David Hancock produced a Lambourn book a few years ago with lots of photos of the dogs and people, going back to the Norfolk club was Richard Dodds and Nip Griffiths involved with them. ?

[bunnys 1,228]

good memories coursing hares on the downs ,no bother ,times of change not allways for the best .atb bunnnys

[tatsblisters 7,957]

David Hancock produced a Lambourn book a few years ago with lots of photos of the dogs and people, going back to the Norfolk club was Richard Dodds and Nip Griffiths involved with them. ?

Got a copy of it here taken from 1981 .

[fluff 409]

remember the norfolk lurcher society ,near diss and had shows near newmarket etc other venues i stayed down that area back then good, place for running dogs, i remember the old exchange in mart as a kid ,hjkc and the abbotsford ferrets,,

[beast 1,884]

nothing to do with a club, but i used to live about 5 miles from diss, and there was some wonderful hunting to be had round there............

[fluff 409]

had several nites out and early mornings on the way back to the aldeburgh area from diss , some good land, first muntjacs i flushed there ,all,sorts of beasts fallow reds never saw much roe but plenty big fellows ,,friston village they had an old pub friston chequers was another good place back in the ninties ,there were families down there who liked a long dog the wrights blakes big familes , alot were x warreners and coypu men during pre mixi , could tell a yarn ,good ole boys,diss bungay pakefeild blythburgh no them well

[Bosun11 537]

Always fancied Lambourn but never made it, our Mecca back then was Llangollen.

[Phil Lloyd 10,736]

Lambourn was good craic,...was at the first,..and the last...