Dogs Posted March 9, 2016 Report Share Posted March 9, 2016 hi there,just wonderin if anybody has a copy of the above for sale ? ( I know the originals go for big money just fancied a read of the reprint ) looks a realy good read . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TONY R Posted March 9, 2016 Report Share Posted March 9, 2016 They turn up now and then on fleabay if you keep looking. It will still be in stock new some where i imagine . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
black powder gunner Posted March 11, 2016 Report Share Posted March 11, 2016 In 1962 when I started junior school Snowden Slights great granddaughter Hilary was my first teacher and she had the original copy of her granddads book in later years we borrowed it is a good read of a bygone age. Telling the storey of Yorkshires last professional wild fowler who harvested the wildfowl in the winter caught eels and made willow baskets in the summer. Sadly where he plied is trade on the Derwent at East Cottingwith and Weldrake is now a nature reserve with very little shooting taking place but some of the local farmers still get to have ago at the ducks and geese that still frequent in abundance this part of the derwent. His family many years ago donated most of his guns including his large punt guns to the Yorkshire museum at York were they can still be seen today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogs Posted March 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2016 thanks for that mate, i bet he was a character and a very skilled and dedicated man, may have to look at York museum sometime soon ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feltwad Posted March 12, 2016 Report Share Posted March 12, 2016 In 1962 when I started junior school Snowden Slights great granddaughter Hilary was my first teacher and she had the original copy of her granddads book in later years we borrowed it is a good read of a bygone age. Telling the storey of Yorkshires last professional wild fowler who harvested the wildfowl in the winter caught eels and made willow baskets in the summer. Sadly where he plied is trade on the Derwent at East Cottingwith and Weldrake is now a nature reserve with very little shooting taking place but some of the local farmers still get to have ago at the ducks and geese that still frequent in abundance this part of the derwent. His family many years ago donated most of his guns including his large punt guns to the Yorkshire museum at York were they can still be seen today. Snowden Slights guns were what is known has tools of the trade,In the 1980,s for 25 years I reseached the Victorian and early gunmakers from the Scottish borders down to York ,it was at this time that I made an appointment to examine the guns that belonged to Snowden Slights in a museum in York , to my horror they were just stood in corner of a damp cellar with lime washed walls of which some had entered into the bore of the guns ,hopefully they are now kept in better surroundings There is a reprint of the book but from who I cannot help. Feltwad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FatFreddysCat Posted March 12, 2016 Report Share Posted March 12, 2016 Link to paperback availability below. £28 seems a bit steep for a paperback. But, original copies start at Around £150! http://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=6894142174&searchurl=sts%3Dt%26tn%3Dsnowden%2520slights%2520wildfowler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted March 12, 2016 Report Share Posted March 12, 2016 Snowden Slights guns were what is known has tools of the trade,In the 1980,s for 25 years I reseached the Victorian and early gunmakers from the Scottish borders down to York ,it was at this time that I made an appointment to examine the guns that belonged to Snowden Slights in a museum in York , to my horror they were just stood in corner of a damp cellar with lime washed walls of which some had entered into the bore of the guns ,hopefully they are now kept in better surroundings There is a reprint of the book but from who I cannot help. Feltwad Terrible treatment of a bequest or gift. What was wrong with the royal Armouries at Leeds one wonders? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordieh Posted March 13, 2016 Report Share Posted March 13, 2016 http://forums.pigeonwatch.co.uk/forums/topic/331224-snowden-slights-wildfowler/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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