Shooting Times & Country

From the Enclosure Act to Kinder Scout

he ownership of land has been a contentious issue from the dawn of man. History tells us we have fought over it as individuals, families, clans, tribes and countries for thousands of years, and sadly, as recent history has shown us in Europe, it’s not done yet. It seems odd that Stone Age travellers were trading in valuable items across Europe and yet an individual could not cross the land occupied by another tribe for fear of being killed. I mention the Stone Age as some of the artefacts, such as axe heads, that have been found in this country originated from central Europe as that is the only place in the world where the

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