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Yes I remember Vernon Baker, he fished for Derby Railway; he used to fish the Shardlow matches yonks ago.

Yes I remember Vernon Baker, he fished for Derby Railway; he used to fish the Shardlow matches yonks ago.

crappity smack hell Bill i wasn`t born then
How old are you.

Yes I remember Vernon Baker, he fished for Derby Railway; he used to fish the Shardlow matches yonks ago.

crappity smack hell Bill i wasn`t born then
How old are you.

santa's age i reckon

How old are you.

He used to take Gods dogs for a walk when he was a nipper

I bet You were born before then Chris !!!!!!!!!!

Vern Baker went on to win team gold as well with derby railway in 1967 on the coronation channel the team was
vern Baker, Dave Mosley, Vin Sherwood, Ken Ottewell,
R. Derbyshire, G. Pegg, Johnny Parr,D Neal, H. Baker,
D. Nicholson, A. Wheeler. R. Paxton.
at the time that got vin sherwood and Dave Mosley into the england squad

Vin Sherwood,

I believe Vin Sherwood was the very same John Sherwood who won a few quid at Evesham.
When he moved he became.

John for some reason although I think Vin was his proper name, same guy that fished for England on the River Blackwater at Fermoy.

Pretty certain that is right

Dennis Neale, I believe, lives near Castle Donington somewhere. The same chap that made such a brilliant job of running the Alpha series of matches, - best run matches I have ever seen since I've been fishing.

BILL ARE WE THAT OLD ????????? THEY WERE GOOD MATCHES MATE HE JUST SAT ON THE PHONE TAKE NAMES ,

Bill, I never knew that about Mr Sherwood. There is a memorial match for him at the back end of the season at Evesham. There is also a plaque on a seat in the cafe meadow to remember him.

Yes I'm pretty confident Vin and John Sherwood were one and the same guy, - I think his initials were VJ.

I can picture him now trundling down the banks at Evesham in his three wheeler.

Couldn't swear to but I think he also helped out at a fishery called Upton Warren or sumat like that, near Bromsgrove.

bill said

Yes I'm pretty confident Vin and John Sherwood were one and the same guy, - I think his initials were VJ.

I can picture him now trundling down the banks at Evesham in his three wheeler. Smiley

Couldn't swear to but I think he also helped out at a fishery called Upton Warren or sumat like that, near Bromsgrove.

me and alan higgs were talking about the place yesterday and he mentioned JS something about 20 roach that he netted out of a farm pond and stocked them into there one of them being just under 4 pound in weight and would have grew bigger if some numpty didnt drop it on its head

me and alan higgs were talking about the place yesterday and he mentioned JS something about 20 roach that he netted out of a farm pond and stocked them into there one of them being just under 4 pound in weight and would have grew bigger if some numpty didnt drop it on its head

Glad I can still remember something

I believe John Sherwood or Vin as was over Derby way at the time, fished for England in 1969 on the Blackwater in Fermoy at the World Champs.

There was a VJ Sherwood in the team.

If I remember right the river was in flood and very few fish were caught.