NMC NEWS
Secretary’s Notes August
New questionnaire for new members Membership is currently at 115, which is up 5 from last month, with many of our recent new members turning out to be active breeders and exhibitors. Our...
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...
A new member’s first exhibiting experience
Being a new member of the club, I was invited to share my experience of Meldreth Summer Cup Show. This was not my first time attending a show, though it was certainly the biggest I have...
Meldreth (Summer Cup Show)
General Comments A very enjoyable show and a credit to , , and the team for organizing it. Always a pleasure to judge alongside...
Secretary’s Notes July
Total Members: 110 (up 4 from last month)
NMC News subscribers: 110 (up 45)
NMC News Publication
The printed NMC News magazine has been the main form of communication for us for many years.
Lilac – an underrated variety?
I have recently started to show lilacs, not because I had set out to, but because they cropped up in my line of blues. I also did not breed blues with the aim of exhibiting them, but as an...
Keeping your mousery cool
As many of us currently bask in temperatures more akin to those we usually associate with the Southern Mediterranean, it brings with it something of a challenge for the small animal...
Swinford
General Comments I was picked up by & my co-judge at 7am Sunday morning to drive to Swinford, which...
Secretary’s Notes June
Members: 106 (+2) | NMC News Subscribers: 65 (+1), 6 overseas (+1). As Ruth steps down, printed magazines are discontinued. Digital NMC News continues online. Thank you, Ruth, for your service!
The Reader’s Survey
Brief Note from the Treasury
President’s Notes May
There are no congratulations to offer for a BIS as we have had a lack of shows since Swannington. Good luck at the next event which is Sheffield. I am away for the bank holiday so will...
Secretary’s Notes May
Auto-renewing payments change For those members whose subscription auto-renews each year, via the website’s PayPal gateway, you may experience an interruption to this service. PayPal has...
Sheffield (Spring Cup Show)
General Comments A really enjoyable show and a genuine pleasure to judge alongside . Thank you to for organising the day,...
NMC Executive Meeting, Sheffield, 4 May
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...
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...
Secretary’s Notes April
Total Members: 106 (no change)
NMC News subscribers: 63 (up 4 from last month)
5 overseas (up 1)
Update to Red and Yellow Card rule.
President’s Notes April
Swannington Show Congratulations Congratulations to on BIS at Swannington with a Cham Tan. represents the real grass roots of the NMC....
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...
Line Purity
Developing one’s own line of any particular variety, to me is one of the central elements of showing and breeding fancy mice. Apart from applying careful inbreeding and rigorous selection,...
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...
Keeping Mice—45 years on
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...
President’s Notes March
Bradford Championship Congratulations Congratulations to on getting BIS at The Bradford Championship. The bigger multi-species events can feel a bit soulless, but it...