Arthur Randell
British writer
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| Intro | British writer | |
| Places | United Kingdom Great Britain | |
| is | Writer | |
| Work field | Literature | |
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| Birth | 11 July 1901 | |
| Star sign | Cancer |
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Arthur Redvers Randell (11 July 1901 – March 1988) wrote about life in the English Fens.
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Randell was born near the River Great Ouse at Wiggenhall St Mary Magdalen, Norfolk, in the United Kingdom. During his early life he made a living from being a railway worker and a molecatcher. He was a great authority on the Fens and its people and customs. He wrote about the blacksmith who was forced to turn to repairing farm implements and kitchen implements, the chimney sweep, the harness maker, the pig-killer, the straw worker, the maker of corn dollies and many other now extinct trades