jimmy white

;D ;D still have my first trophy ,r,u.yb ave 1958 millerhill club , j,white and son still have the loft book ,, started wth 9 ybs b4 training had about 20 tosses to 50 miles [dad was a goods gaurd on railway ;D] raced every yb out to last club race , sent two to yb national which was cheltenham then 300 miles ,got the two home , no where on result , but finished up with 7 out the 9 ,,,,these birds raced to a small chicken hut, bred off r cock surp 51 ca 4406 a stray paired to a bird bought out the petshop 2 shillings [ 10p] the other pair that bred was a pair from a mr mkay of moredun who moved to wigan , these were 10 shillings each [50 p each] now these birds were no champions , but they got home, like most other fanciers at the time,,,,,,now then,, there were less birds in the sky,, then there were less hawks in the sky,,,, then there were less chance of birds being injured in great big batches,,and then there was no foreign birds , and then they went by rail and laid out in the platform with the air blowing round them ,,,where they could see the sun and their suroundings, and then as i beleive, there was,less pollution in the air and possibly less other "things" in the air , i know one thing it wouldnt be possible now for SOME reason, so i wonder what the differance to the ybs then and the ybs now are.

yes well done webmaster, provided a lot of fun :)

beautiehomer and nancyviewlofts are spot on, but blues with a sign of a third bar, can breed pencil blues which some folk would maybe call a cheq

sounds good to me stuart,, birds doing fine :)

i think this two in the one thimble rule was scrapped more than 15 years ago shu clock rule 17,rule book 1992 i see it in, maybe someone remembers when excactly, but a while ago now i would say about roughly 20 years ago, anyone racing then might know excactly

hardly creditable tony , the last few years theve had a brilliant race , some with high velocities they used to have it from hexham , about roughly 90 miles but the last few year about 50,,60,, miles , dont know about this year, but its usualy a prepaid race with big pools maybe a couple of hundred birds entered [ ;D ;D think the participants just have salads on that day ;D ;D ;D ;D] p,s they wont send if its bad ,,hold it next again week ,or day

if having droppings tested ,, a good idea to take droppings from differant times of the day

;D ;D ;D good one ;D ;D ;D i

yes these are the type you want , no mean feat for any pigeon 550 miles , wish i had known about it

;D ;D ;D how many days to christmas???? the big xmas race held by pentland fed , about 5 grand to be won ,,,,think santa presents the prizes ;D ;D ;D

we have a real good one near edinburgh "THE BUSH AGRICULTURAL ESTATE" experts in all avian deseases,, thorogh droppings tested at reasonable prices and very helpfull in all aspects of pigeon deseases etc.

shu used to allow two rubbers in one thimble ,,,,why was this changed, i dont know

keep it fresh and disenfected,,, bad for aspergilliosis

welcome steven farwell hope you enjoy the forum , im sure you will :)

happy birthday shaun :) have a great day

its such a shame to see these things happen but am sure jimmy would have been proud of these results , i sincerely hope his sale goes well as im sure it will.jw

welcome to the forum mac 1 im sure youll enjoy it :) :)good flying,jw

well done bill it looks as though the 300 was a hard one with the head winds, thanks for all the info and congratulate you on your management :)

good pics and nice colours cheq, looks a real topper

yes lovely cheq, and great pics

great photos with the rainbow and great set up

:) great pics

different birds but still very nice :)

again lovely pics and lovely wee dog :)

:) yep all great pics