Broad/Marsh memories - page 5
BROAD and MARSH:
Page 4
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
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Here Harcourt Warnes talks about the tools of the marsh man’s trade, the meg - a blade on a 16 foot long pole, the scythe - again on a long pole (about 14 foot) and the didle - a spade used for ditching.
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