Thames Recovery Internationally Rewarded

[Jaffa]

I started fishing aged 7 in 1951.

 

Every pool of water that I came across held a fascination for me, even a large muddy puddle in the rain (just maybe......!)

 

In 1959 aged 16 I left school and got a job with a freight forwarding company in the City of London, at Sunlight Wharf, right on the river, which I could see flowing past as the tide ebbed and flowed through some of the building's windows and during my lunchtime walks.

 

Back then the river was as dead as a dodo, black oily and smelly. The only sign of fish life I ever saw was the bodies of eels that hadn't made it through the pollution, left stranded on the mud by the ebbing tide.

 

Anyone falling in was automatically taken immediately to hospital to have their stomach pumped out and for observation.

 

I used to fantasise about fishing in the river, then an impossible dream.

 

 

Now, when I go to London ( 50 years later) and look down into the waters, I see fish swirling amongst the debris, and cormorants feeding.

[Jaffa]

London and the Thames as a fantastic brand. Its cute but no thx

[Ronessex]

Must pay my AT subs so as I can buy some 'Official' silence.

[excel]

Good on them.

Great for all the people that have put a lot of hard work into the gradual restoration of the Thames to have their efforts recognised.

 

 

Baz, you live round the corner from Leon, pop round and sort it out. You`re getting very dull repeating the same stuff over and over at every oppourtunity on every forum you can find.

[barry luxton]

Good on them.

Great for all the people that have put a lot of hard work into the gradual restoration of the Thames to have their efforts recognised.

 

 

Baz, you live round the corner from Leon, pop round and sort it out. You`re getting very dull repeating the same stuff over and over at every oppourtunity on every forum you can find.

 

Only two forums. Leon ain't the only one who needs to answer questions. Until they have the courtesy to talk to the rsa then unfortunately i can only keep, keeping on. What i promise though all the time they remain faceless and hide behind the parapet, it just makes me more determined. So the more devious are my methods on getting the information that we all deserve. Waiting for a response off the E A under the freedom of information act re all of the correspondence between them and the trust during the proposed the eel ban, might well be interesting. Bit of a disgust that this so called governing body can't even talk to it's constituents.

 

sorry to be a bore.

[Jaffa]

Good on them.

Great for all the people that have put a lot of hard work into the gradual restoration of the Thames to have their efforts recognised.

 

 

Baz, you live round the corner from Leon, pop round and sort it out. You`re getting very dull repeating the same stuff over and over at every oppourtunity on every forum you can find.

 

Why "good on them"?

 

Restoration to what btw? Restoration too .. small fish/big fish/ too 3 fish flying up the wall in an episode of Corrie?

 

The mad/ bad/ evil/dredger/trawler/gill netter etc has yet to wipe a single thing from the planet.

 

Its the "restoration of the Thames/Mersey lobby[that scares me.

 

Those rivers were at the center of the world once but are now pretty much backwaters. How come voices from there are still given a serious weight?

 

Im supposed to be grateful too civil servants for recording the obvious?

 

 

I'd guess Felixstow is the most important port in the uk atm?

[Steve Burke]

i can only keep, keeping on. sorry to be a bore.

 

Yes you do, and you are!

 

I'm fed up with topics being hijacked by those disagreeing with the Angling Trust's stance on RSA.

 

This topic was nothing to do with the Angling Trust, nor were eels mentioned in the report.

 

I for one would be pleased if you'd keep on topic. It's too late for this one, but hopefully it won't be for others.

 

Then we might have a proper discussion about other conservation issues. Yes, there are others! As it is we can't, as so many topics get hijacked.

[Bob Shotter]

Yes you do, and you are!

 

I'm fed up with topics being hijacked by those disagreeing with the Angling Trust's stance on RSA.

 

This topic was nothing to do with the Angling Trust, nor were eels mentioned in the report.

 

I for one would be pleased if you'd keep on topic. It's too late for this one, but hopefully it won't be for others.

 

Then we might have a proper discussion about other conservation issues. Yes, there are others! As it is we can't, as so many topics get hijacked.

 

When will you or any one else come up with a con-ser-vation issue that has merit? The answer is when Barry has had the answer to his question about the Eel ban. Neither it seems are likely in my life time and that is a fact like it or lump it.

The Eel situation has been blown out of all proportion because of political/finical manipulation at the AT pure and simple and this bl***Y conservation push to protect things that have no need of protection other than to keep folk employed in non jobs has got to stop and the sooner the better. One last chance then Leon can you answer the question or not?