Telephone Bow 2846

Found inside the quantity of rod bags from Spitalfields last Thursday a number of rods whose original gold transfers had been preserved.  Should you wish to place an order at Palgood's of Wood Green you may telephone them on Bow 2846.

Chapman, Sealey, Walker

Bought at Spitalfields last Thursday before first light, a roll call of rods, some of which were still in their original bags, complete with labels.

Telegram to Zanderland

In reply to last Sunday's Telegram from Zanderland sent by the artist Mr. John Richardson, one from the lower slopes of Arcadia where the Empress and I went out for a pint of milk and were some time, due to the proximity of The Southampton Arms Public House and other diversions.

Lost Luggage

Found at auction yesterday a number of pine rod boxes used to transport rods by railway van to the salmon rivers of the north and west in the lost years of the early 20th Century.

Beyond the Outskirts of Pandemonium

Up early and off in the van along the sodium lit road known as Dejection Crescent past houses with their curtains still drawn, to the regions Beyond the Outskirts of Pandemonium where we shall spend the morning at an auction upon a hill buying Vintage Fishing Tackle for the Soul.

Wills of Lewes

Once upon a time in Arcadia and most notably on a Thursday, ladies and gentlemen in the market town of Lewes in East Sussex would walk down Malling Street and call in at Wills' Fishing Tackle which had started life in the 19th Century as a butcher's shop.  There, they would talk about the roach that had been caught in the River Ouse upstream of Harveys Brewery and hear rumours of giant sea trout.

Today, should you find yourself in Lewes I can recommend a trip to Malling Street in memory of W. R. Wills after which you should drink to his fishing tackle at the splendid public house The Gardeners Arms that stands almost opposite Harveys Brewery.  There, I suggest you take several half pints before walking up the hill to look down on The Dripping Pan, home of Lewes Football Club.  However, I do suggest that you take this exercise upon a Saturday and on a Thursday visit me at my stall at Spitalfields Antiques Market in the district of London E1 where I sell Vintage Fishing Tackle for the Soul and can give you directions from the stall to the home of Harveys Brewery in London, The Royal Oak.

Jardine Snap Tackle

Found just before closing time in a tackle shop on the outskirts of Pandemonium in the year 1965 by a Mr. James, a box containing a quantity of Jardine Pike Hooks in the Size 4 by Lee of Redditch.  A number of the hooks were believed to have been taken out of the box and used to make up a Jardine Snap Tackle that lay tethered in the frozen margins of February of that year.