Keeping Mice—45 years on

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The article in the NMC News, about myself, from the early seventies, sparked quite a few memories. After acquiring my first Dutch mice in 1969, I made rapid progress in breeding some decent show mice, these did a lot of winning.  In those days it was possible to make...

Facts & Figures

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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...

Judging Etiquette

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Ann Storey is a stalwart of the rat fancy and also the president (as well as being an NMC judge). She recently posted this on the NFRS forum and the post received 81 responses (which I am unable to share). I thought the post had relevance for us as rat fanciers, if...