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Thanks del , just compared deplomas from 2010 that's what brought it to mind .

Are we getting replacement deploma,s or was that not mentioned at meeting.

Joined Airdrie for the best interest of my birds !

Think I was the only one from Wattston/ Caldercruix club and I am no there now .

I bought an 8 yr old cock at Kerr stainthorpe sale he was the same ! It took him 4months. To get over the move to my loft , he is fine now and what a great pigeon out of j Allan symington.

Thanks Andy , Great to see some of the names from the past, jock Reid was our arch rival in longniddry and flew a very good national pigeon .

When does Andy leave the post ? And who do we send our membership to? And it would have made more sense to have it sorted before Agm to save confusion .

It really was a great club and to win the club you had to be on your toes ,ask graham about Walter Douglas who lived at gabe sinclairs house what a doo man and character now sadly gone .

Joe Hodgson was the man who gave me my first birds and gabe Sinclair was a future clubmate who told the story many times that he was having a wee tipple when he came oot and the mealy was walking on the grass ! How true I have no idea , great times when aberlady had great flyers at the distance, fairbairn,Sinclair,mcwatt bros ,tait,.and grieve brothers last maybe no so great lol.

I am using ets for first time this year , I have cost my birds many positions because I have one of my lofts upstairs in garage and another in garden ,had 2 come together , 1 upstairs 1 in garden the hen that went in first ended up 5th club where the 2nd bird won the club because of the stairs I chose the other bird first. It's no contest for me ets is a must.jmo

Bought a Chris Gordon hen at Blackpool that should go well with the southwells I have and hoping for a couple of Eric cannons ybs .

That is one hell oh a pigeon mate , lucky sod .

Trees are always a concern if there are many and too close ,prevents airflow to the loft . But one tree won't cause an issue. Same as others extend the brick building .

Thanks del Always thought this would have to be done before Agm ,

Who is the new secretary of the Snfc please.lol

You the new sec then ?

Come on del spill beans for those that couldn't make it , what's new for this year?

The Aberdeen cock is a belter as they all are . Have tried Jim's doo,s with no luck but I'm no Jim Donaldson .

Another good read , great stuff , this is more enjoyable than the homing world .

You found yir self a wee paddock sumwher

You must sleep in a library lol great stuff love all the old material.

Nice doo mate .

I asked 4world known fanciers at Blackpool about this product and sedachol and others ,2 used both named 1used 1 but all agreed they not sure if they work or not but if it does no harm it maybe does good lol.

I have sat in the company of some great flyers when I was young, joe Hodgson Rennes winner 1955'gabe Sinclair 2nd same year ,mcwatt bros , Eddie Newcombe and many more ,I wish I had listened more but what has stuck with me is they all done different thing but all done things the simple way ! After coming back from Blackpool where there were 14 stalls selling different tonics of some kind how did it get like this , this will be my 4th year flying on my own and am learning by my many many mistakes some of which I can't believe I make . but out of all my years in the sport/hobby I wish things were like they used to be simple and we all got on more instead of the scaremongers who are destroying our hobby , if I was a young lad today I would not touch it with a barge pole . Met some great blokes at Blackpool and had a great time with my Airdrie club mates at the st chads so it's not all bad.

Got my sedochol but fell out with the guy at ronfrieds they were £4 more than anyone else, handled a few doos and thought John Crehans were very nice and came away with a Chris Gorden hen , but enjoyed it .