“The “Diary of Fishing” by William Wraith and Friends. From October, 1893.

The “Diary of Fishing” by William Wraith and Friends. From October, 1893. (William was born in 1877 he first started fishing in 1888. He died in 1957).

The transcript of this “first diary” has been done by Mike Adams of the Friends of Ossett Library by kind permission of the Wraith family. It is used as base material in a story by Mike about the 5 generations of the Wraith family of anglers from Ossett and Wakefield who fished locally and occasionally further afield. The story is to be published under the University of Leeds “Yarn” project as part of the “Weaving Ossett’s History” strand. Mike would be delighted to receive any comments or further information on the subject. Email ossettarchive@gmail.com.