By Country Boy My Father was known as the Romney Marsh Mushroom King for, each year, he would send up to London, one or more tonnes of mushrooms.
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This Rye’s Own collection brings together articles connected with Country Boy, drawing news, memories and magazine features into one path through the archive. Among the pieces gathered here are “The Eel Poachers” and “The Mushroom King”, each adding its own detail to the story.
The Eel Poachers
By “Country Boy” Always out to earn a bob we had all the tools in our sheds. Eeling was an all year round job. During winter, along with our forays after rabbits, we would work all the likely-looking ditches, especially where there was a hole in the dyke’s bottom, for here would gather the fish … Continue reading The Eel Poachers