Ike Walton. Liked To Gossip

Radio Record, Volume XIII, Issue 11, 21 August 1939, Page 8

Ike Walton. Liked To Gossip

FROM the time he was twentyone till he was fifty, an ironmonger of Fleet Street, ‘"‘The: seavenger of St. Dunstan’s Parish,’’ was given to leaning over his counter in earnest conversation with all the pious and learned folk who passed that way. They used to diseuss. their hobby. From the time of his retirement when he reached fifty, he would sit contentedly day after day on the bank of a river, fishing for trout with a worm.

After ten years of this, our retired ironmonger published a volume of essays that, although its hints may be obsolete, still remains one of the loveliest volumes a man ean draw from his pocket on a warm summer day. Izaak Walton is a kind of patron saint of anglers, all of whom will be interested in a talk from 4YA Wednesday, August 2. The speaker is Mr. G. S. Thomson, whose subject will be ‘‘On Catching Fish.’’ This is the initial talk of a series.