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Fishing

we fished a lot on the wye for salmon in the 60s

Fishing on the River Wye - Hay-on-Wye

Information on Fishing in the River Wye, and the area around Hay-on-Wye
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River Wye: Concerns over pollution in Wales' rivers

Rivers could take decades to recover from damage by farming and sewage according to one expert.
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Water pollution: How clean are the UK's rivers and lakes?

England's rivers are contaminated by a "chemical cocktail" of pollution- what's being done to tackle the issue?
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Dad took us here and then us kids used to go there on our bikes...........The Concrete @ Barnt Green on the Worcester/B'ham canal...Bittell Resa behind the cottage......
 

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I would tend to agree looking back from the present time, but this picture was from the 1970’s. They were all returned safely, unlike the foxes that were being hunted.

At that time there were an estimated 3 million undertaking the pastime, whereas it is estimated about 1.5 million now.
 
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