I REMEMBER: REFLECTIONS ON FISHING IN CHILDHOOD. Compiled by Joe Cowley.

1995 1st edition. 8vo (142 x 222mm). Pp191. B/w line and cartoon illustrations. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt.

Produced in aid of the NSPCC, 36 well-known angling writers contribute stories of childhood fishing exploits. Chapters include: Simple truths by Bernard Venables; The tench by Frederick Forsyth; An extract from Scouse Mouse by George Melly; The fishing competition by Sophia Hills; In the beginning by Pat O'Reilly; Food for thought by Peter Stone; The great big fish by Grant Wallis; A day to remember by John Goddard; A conversation with... Guess who!; Quality time by Steve Windsor; The seeds are sown by Bob Carnill; No more fish by Laura Patel; Call of the sea by Tony Gubba; The pet salmon by Charles Parkes; A guiding hand by Barrie Rickards; The shark by Sarah Bruty; Pond dipping by Jodie Bestwick; Love affair by Charles Jardine; I can still see every spot on it by Steve Parton; The little boy with fishes by Moc Morgan; A lesson for all of us by Bernard Aldrich; Hooked by Chris Ogborne; Jaws 5 1/2 Florida to Alaska by Matthew Smith; The Colonel by John Hatherell; I remember by J.H.A.S. Bean; Magical days by Brian Leadbetter; Fisher amongst men by Nick Fisher; A rush of blood by Ian Muckle; A marvel of caddis by Taff Price; Like father like son by Tom Saville; Jack Sharp by Bernard Cribbins; All in the genes by Tony Pawson; One for the rod by Tom Quinn; My first day fishing by Michaela; A block off the old chip by Peter Lapsley; Dougie's tench by Chris Yates. The foreword is by Giles Pegram, Appeals Director of the NSPCC.