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The water level has been dropped at Mapperley for repairs.
Here are a couple of pictures that may be of interest. They were posted on Facebook by John Reg Hart - they are not my pictures.

The first is the famous peg 1

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The last is the famous dam wall

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I so can't wait to visit next year,. Thanks for posting Shaun! :thumb:
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Here are some pictures from the TFF day out in September of this year.

The Dam Wall.
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My First Swim.
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My Second Swim (directly opposite my first).
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A View From the Dam Wall.
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Thanks for the pictures gents.

My first view of a venue I'd read about.

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Wow great pictures , I was just reading about mapperley and good old Albert, their is a picture of one of the reels he used which seems to be a four inch pop,
Albert secured fishing for himself and afew mates after he saw a child in difficulty in the water, he promptly jumped in and saved said child who turned out to belong to one of the estate managers!
Albert was a modest chap and by all acounts a lovely bloke.

Thanks for sharing the images chaps!

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Nice photos :Thumb:
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It's on my list this summer, when I will give the new cane an outing. If anyone else fancies a trip, mail me and we can make some plans? May-July I would suggest?

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Shaun,
Never seen the fish in Walkers, was it in the back?
What was the Buckley fish that was on display in Wollaton Hall Museum? (Dark Night Rises for non Midlanders!) I have a photo of my son stood in front of it somewhere, will try to find it.
One of my biggest disappointments was a visit to London Zoo on a school trip, running from the car park into the aquarium to see Clarrisa.....only to be told she died a few years before!

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No, the fish was in the shop on the left wall as you walk in above where the main game counter is now. It was probably around 83'ish I guess when the family came and fetched it back. The one in Wollaton Hall is the copy of it.

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Shaun :Hat: , have you still got that carp from Barkers Pond , or have I got it eccentrically wrong :Chuckle: . Kindest regards . Woolly Bear . :Tongue: sorry about the tongue but I just could not resist pressing the button :Scared: :Hahaha:

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