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Chris Partington

In the 19th century working men would gather in Richmond Park in London to engage in an angling competition and as they were fishing they would sing ribald songs like The Cuckoos Nest . Passers by referred to them as being rather coarse and the name coarse anglers has stuck. True history of the name.

Episodes

  1. 15/07/2021

    The Cuckoos Nest

    Traced back to Ireland in 1823,this naughty song is banned in folk clubs in the U.K.!

    3 min
  • 1 Episode

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In the 19th century working men would gather in Richmond Park in London to engage in an angling competition and as they were fishing they would sing ribald songs like The Cuckoos Nest . Passers by referred to them as being rather coarse and the name coarse anglers has stuck. True history of the name.

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