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Arthur Randall in 1969

Magdelen, Norfolk

History of Magdalen

Arthur Randall’s parents and their eldest children in 1895. Mr Randall is wearing a moleskin cap and waistcoat.

Magdalen was the home of home of Arthur Randall whose reminiscences and stories were collected by Enid Porter and published in:

Fenland Memories by Arthur Randell, ed. Enid Porter (1969)

Fenland Molecatcher by Arthur Randell, ed. Enid Porter (1970)

Three kinds of mole trap including pegs for the traps

Old gin traps – now illegal

Home made and commercially produced trap

Double mole trap

Guillotine mole trap

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