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I have been collecting old British traps, gin traps in particular, for many years now, and have become fanatical about the history of their use, manufacture and development.

I served an apprenticeship as a gamekeeper in Worcestershire and took up the position of beat ‘keeper on a South Shropshire estate soon after which might explain a little behind my early exposure to rabbit and vermin traps, gin traps, pole traps and suchlike. Although gin traps had been banned many years before they seemed to hang as reminders of the old times in most ‘keepers sheds I visited in my youth and those early days.

My obsession with old British made steel traps might be considered somewhat unusual but you can be assured that I am not alone!

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