Broad/Marsh memories - page 5
BROAD and MARSH:
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Photo from family collection
Environment worries
Working with the Wildlife Trust
Deer…
…and badgers
Reed and sedge cutting
A surfeit of vipers…
Mechanisation of reed cutting
Management of the Broad
George Bishop and Whiteslea
Managing the Broad
Eastfield Mill blown up…
Reed cutting and clearing dykes
Meg, scythe and didle
The technique of reed cutting
Bird life
Shooting a hare
Change in the marshes
Motorised reed cutters came in in the 1960s.
Jack describes the early machines, but says they were no quicker than cutting the reed with a scythe!
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