I read a fascinating book on a fanatical rat catcher of some note.
It was a book only my father would have bought. Brian Plummer had a tough life in South Wales in the 30s and preferred catching rats : with dogs, ferrets, shovel and boot you name it. He bred a terrier presumably a good ratter now called the Plummer terrier. He is an expert on rats , how to hunt them , the traits of the rat. The various hunting dogs and ferrets. I didn’t know that male ferrets are called hobs and females jills with the latter preferred for rat holes being smaller. Nor did I know that male rats expelled to the outer by the alpha male will commonly engage in homosexual acts.
retropath2 says
Before he was a singer, Percy had humbler ambition and………
H.P. Saucecraft says
http://i1318.photobucket.com/albums/t642/burtkocain/img113_zpsrwtriors.jpg
Couldn’t have been worse than Magical Mystery Tour …
Junior Wells says
I read a fascinating book on a fanatical rat catcher of some note.
It was a book only my father would have bought. Brian Plummer had a tough life in South Wales in the 30s and preferred catching rats : with dogs, ferrets, shovel and boot you name it. He bred a terrier presumably a good ratter now called the Plummer terrier. He is an expert on rats , how to hunt them , the traits of the rat. The various hunting dogs and ferrets. I didn’t know that male ferrets are called hobs and females jills with the latter preferred for rat holes being smaller. Nor did I know that male rats expelled to the outer by the alpha male will commonly engage in homosexual acts.
Kaisfatdad says
Wonderful stuff Junior. That insight into the world of hard-core ratting made my day.
Kaisfatdad says
Percy the rat catcher it appears was the original title for Lucifer Sam.
Right at the end of this PF trivia page, there is a quote from Waters about his ambitions to use film as part of the show.
http://pfco.neptunepinkfloyd.co.uk/disco/piper/piper_trivia.html
Which may explain a little.
Feedback_File says
hmmm – a rat was spotted at my place of work yesterday. I’m now wondering if we should get him out or just out him.
hubert rawlinson says
More rat catching high jinks
http://www.spenvalleycivicsociety.org.uk/spen-fame-trail/thomas-cassidy-ratcatcher