We youngsters turned our hands to anything for a bob, from killing rabbits to catching butterflies. There is nothing more different than a butterfly from a kicking bunny. Next door to us is now a pair of houses, but in those days it was two acres of market garden run by an old man who … Continue reading Jimper’s Early Years Part Two
Tag: Maggots
Maggots runs through this selection from the Rye’s Own archive, linking individual reports and recollections into a broader picture of local life. Stories such as “Poor Old Dennis” and “Jimper’s Early Years Part Two” give the collection its range and its distinctly local texture.
Poor Old Dennis
By Country Boy Poor old Maggots, being the smallest one of us, he always got the muddy end of the stick. Today we lay in wait for him to show up because he had accidently let the boat drift away down the river and we had to make a mile detour along the road to … Continue reading Poor Old Dennis