freeline-98 - Flipbook - Page 168
LEE GRIFFIN
BILL
DICK
PHILLIPS
GAYNER
n o t the ‘Ashby Special’ na m e, wh i c h o t he rs exa m p l e s h ave . I
was understandably deligh te d a n d swo re to t a ke t h i s ro d o u t ,
w i th an ap propriate reel, a n d to p ut a be n d i n i t in Vi c ’ s n a me .
Time passed, and the o pp o rt un i t y di d n’ t a r i s e . H oweve r, o n e
S u nday evening, a strange th i n g o cc u r re d. It ’ s fa i r to s ay t h a t
I do trawl the pages of a we ll -k n ow n I n te rn e t a u c t i o n s i te
f rom time to time… defin i te ly mo re t ha n I s h o u l d … I n eve r
l o ok at carp rods, as I do n’ t h ave th a t mu c h i n te res t th e s e
d ays, but that night , for s o m e re as o n , I d i d . A n i te m c a u gh t
my eye, listed as “Pair of v i nt a g e c ar p ro d s – S u n dri d g e ‘ Vi c
G i llings’” with a ‘buy it now ’ p r i ce th a t wo u l d n’ t t a x t h e b a n k
a c count . A study of the pi c tu re s ( an d ro d s a re n ever e asy to
p h otograph) showed two i n S u nd r i d g e ro d ba g s , an d a p i c t u re
o f the writing on the blank . I t wa s th e s am e a s th e o n e I h a d
b e en given! I bought them i m m ed i a te ly.
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