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1986: Wellie Thrower's Finger


No really, this is for real! It wasn't April the 1st! Please take careful not of this before you next throw your wellingtons - get into training now. Now you know what the local doctors really get up to. Great to see they also had-a sense of humour. Spot the Cuckfield link - where else, of course!


Wellie throwing - one handed forward throw method

 

Source

British Medical Journal (Clinical Research Edition) Vol. 293, No. 6562 (Dec. 20 - 27, 1986), p. 1645 (1 page)


Photo from wikimedia.com by Russ Hamer, CC BY-SA 4.0

Colston Basset, Owethorpe and Cotgrave silver medallist, Rupert Hodwhistle, demonstrating the one handed forward throw method at The Ludlams' 2015.


Contributed by Malcolm Davison.

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