Mice Matter!

by [log in to see names] | Jul 23, 2025 | NMC History | 9 comments

Mice Matter!
Below is a digitised version of an article which appeared in the Observer in August 1983. I think it is a lovely account of the spirit of the mouse fancy! Just a few comments: Of course Fur & Feather is not defunct, as the article stated (in fact, we have a...

Progress in Satins

by [log in to see names] | Apr 24, 2025 | NMC History | 0 comments

Progress in Satins
Progress in Satins by Frank Hawley First printed in August 1984 The introduction of the Satin mouse was solely due to the efforts of our former President, Tony Cooke, who noticed the mutation in laboratory stock and had the foresight to appreciate its potential. Since...

From the Archives

by [log in to see names] | Apr 24, 2025 | NMC History | 0 comments

From the Archives
Are your mice telepathic? by Roger Hutchings First printed in January 1983 Considering that many thousands of mice bred by fanciers, and considering that wild mice will instinctively bite to escape from being handled, the Fancy encounters remarkably few biters. Mice...

Who’s who in the mouse fancy

by [log in to see names] | Apr 24, 2025 | NMC History | 0 comments

Who’s who in the mouse fancy
Bernard Longbottom Bernard Longbottom was born on June 10, 1913. In the early thirties he and his brother, Edward, kept rabbits, cavies and budgerigars on a fairly large scale. It was not until 1953 that Bernard joined the mouse Fancy in his own right. Starting up...

The Kellett/Hawley Trophy

by [log in to see names] | Apr 24, 2025 | NMC History | 0 comments

The Kellett/Hawley Trophy
A question has arisen about the Kellett/Hawley Trophy, sometimes called the Bronze Rat or the Chinese Rat by the National Fancy Rat Society (NFRS) membership. This trophy was donated by two of the greatest mouse fanciers I have ever known, John Kellett of Wrose,...

Facts & Figures

by [log in to see names] | Feb 9, 2025 | NMC History | 0 comments

Facts & Figures
I was not able to go to Bradford Championship Show this year, but my first attendance was in 1983. The show was at Doncaster Racecourse, as now, but before the big refurbishment and reorganisation took place. It was a very different place back then. The cafeteria was...

What the wild mouse said

by [log in to see names] | Dec 2, 2022 | NMC History | 0 comments

A CHRISTMAS STORY       by    Walter Higgins Bob Chappell brought an old copy of Fur & Feather to Manchester. At that time, rabbits, cavies, mice, cats and pigeons were all included in the magazine, in very tiny print, and presumably numbered from Page 1 in...