Viva Lewes Issue #162 March 2020

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P I C K U P AV I VA B R I G H T O NDo you have Workspace to Let?Workspace to Let as a Desk,Office or Studio?I have a list of clients wantingworkspace in Lewes.For more info visit:www.spaceagentlewes.co.ukC O V E R A R T B Y S O P H I E D A R L I N GS O P H I E D A R L I N G . C O M
LEWES WORTHYRIP Jim ‘The Fish’ SmithThe Ouse has lost its dearest friendWith his battered trilby anddeep Sussex brogue, Jim Smith(aka ‘Jim The Fish’) was thearchetypal river bailiff.One of a fast vanishing breedof countrymen, Jim, who washead bailiff for the Ouse AnglingPreservation Society for 55years, devoted his entire adultlife to the river and was a legendthroughout the county.A Trustee of the Ouse & Adur Rivers Trust, healso gave many years of service to his local parishcouncil and played an active role within theCliffe Bonfire Society.Jim was born in Brighton, but when he was 12,after the death of his father and his mother’sremarriage, the family moved to Isfield, wherehe remained throughout his life. He left schoolat 14 to begin work as a garden boy on LordRupert Nevill’s estate; when the nursery thereclosed, he transferred to the East Sussex RiverBoard where among other things he worked onthe early Lewes Flood defences.A keen angler since boyhood, Jim was approachedby the Preservation Society in the1960s to take on the role of Head Bailiff. Thiswas a full-time post where, in addition tomanaging the fishing on the River Ouse, Jimsupervised the Society’s stocked trout fishery atnearby Barcombe Reservoir.Jim was a keen writer and a staunch environmentalist,long before the term becamefashionable. He was a founding member of theoriginal Sussex Ouse Conservation Society,which preceded The Rivers Trust. Jim’s loveof the countryside was evidentthrough his regular features inthe Ouse & Adur Rivers Trust’snewsletter and more recently theFreshwater Informer magazine. In2015 Jim appeared in a three-partseries for Meridian TV entitledTales of the River Man. That yearhe also featured in a lengthyinterview (by Nick Davies) forthe Guardian newspaper.Undoubtedly, Jim’s happiest memory was receivinghis Long Service Award by the CountryLandowners Association, from the Duke ofRutland, at the CLA Game Fair in 2009. Thiswas awarded in recognition of Jim’s 45 yearsof continuous service as a river keeper. Oneof only three such medals ever to have beenawarded, it took Jim completely by surprise.The closure of the Barcombe Reservoir fisheryin 1992, after it was taken over by South EastWater, deprived Jim of a substantial portion ofhis income. Worse was to follow when, in 1997,the Preservation Society found it could nolonger afford the services of a full-time bailiff.It says much for Jim’s determination and devotionto his calling that he continued to fulfilthis post on a largely voluntary basis.In recent years, Jim’s health began to decline,and his mobility suffered, though he stillenjoyed getting out on the bank wheneverhe could, talking to the anglers and generallykeeping an eye on things. Jim passed away inEastbourne Hospital on 27th December 2019.The River Ouse has lost its dearest and bestfriend. Stewart AllumPhoto by Stewart Allum89
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