i flew his birds in the 90s also met him in a few occasions at his loft he was a gentleman an a great man i was only 16 an was at one of his sales the starting price was 25 quid an a boy in the crowd offered him 24 he said 25 starting price an taffy said are you giving me 25 or not the boy said no an he handed me the pigeon an said take that son for nothing thats the sort off man he was