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A middle-aged man with short hair wears a white shirt, dark tie, and a light-colored, fine-textured suit jacket.

Arthur Randall in 1969

Magdelen, Norfolk

History of Magdalen

A family group poses before a brick wall, with a man in a cap standing beside a woman holding a baby and four other children.

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 wooden stakes, two metal spring-loaded devices, and a small dark creature lie on a light-colored surface.

Three kinds of mole trap including pegs for the traps

A middle-aged man in a suit and flat cap stands outdoors holding a large metal gin trap in each hand.

Old gin traps – now illegal

Two small animal traps are shown on a light surface, one featuring a rectangular block and the other a metal spring mechanism.

Home made and commercially produced trap

A person holds a metal trap containing two dead, dark-furred small animals over patches of grass and soil in a close-up.

Double mole trap

A tall, vertical metal implement with a central coiled spring, a cage of spikes, and two long prongs pointing downwards.

Guillotine mole trap

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