Fly fisherman in The River Don
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Fly fisherman in The River Don
Image: © Neil Theasby Taken: 12 Aug 2012
In 1936, George Orwell visited Sheffield when researching "The Road to Wigan Pier". This is what he said of The River Don - "the shallow river that runs through the town is-usually bright yellow with some chemical or other". Could he have imagined that one day the industrial pollution would have largely vanished and there'd be brown trout to fish once again?
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Image Location
Latitude
53.388456
Longitude
-1.446345