CADOGAN family (General)

by m p griffiths , Saturday, January 19, 2013, 14:40 (4333 days ago) @ slowhands

Because we are snow-bound, have just been onto the website looking for FOD residents

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There are quite a number of articles on Colin and Walter Cadogan -and their Severn Fishing rights - this was was particular interesting....

Gloucestershire Echo - Thursday 15 July 1943

A 20 ft Greenland whale has been captured on the banks of the River Severn at Awre.

The whale was seen spouting water in the river, and a few hours later, when the tide ebbed, it was left high and dry and exhausted on the bank.

It was secured by Mr Colin Cadogan and Mr Walter Cadogan salmon fishermen, and it has been removed by Mr William Spalding of Gloucester.

USEFUL AS SALVAGE

It will be a useful addition to the country's salvage materials, because after the oil has been extracted, the rest of the carcase, with the exception of the jaws, will be processed for agricultural fertilisers.

It is a rare thing for a whale to be seen in the Severn, but about 20 years ago one was caught at Beachley.