This piece evokes memories for Keith of his own experiences with London reservoirs

I was 17, a trainee surveyor earning £5 a week. Faced with a week’s leave without much cash to spend, I decided to try hitchhiking with my mate Gordon. We started at the gates of Liverpool’s Stanley A

Our historian Keith looks back to very different times, when quite a few of our tackle shops also sold darts and guns!

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After stumbling on this archive, Keith talks about his experiences with maggot colours