PIGEON_MAN

JOHN LEVER 5 LOCKS THE THIMBLE HOLDER IN PLACE YOU PROBABLY REALISE BY NOW YOU HAVE TO PULL THE LEVER AWAY FROM THE SIDE OF THE HOLDER TO LIFT IT OFF THE CLOCK.NUM.2 COULD BE WHAT WAS CALLED A DOLOMETER THIS WOULD BE SET AT ZERO WHEN THE CLOCK WAS SET AND IF THE CLOCK HAD BEEN SHUCK IF WOULD MOVE OFF THE ZERO TO SHOW THIS,I DO HAVE A MANUAL WHICH SHOWS VARIOUS MODELS OF THE JUNDES CLOCKS BUT NOT ACTUALLY THIS MODEL BUT I DO REMEMBER SETTING ONE YEARS AGO.

I THOUGHT THEY WERE AS WELL ROSE BUT THERE CERTAINLY WASN,T ANY RESRICTIONS IN PLACE AT THE SALE OR AT THE SHOW IT WAS JUST AS IF AVIAN FLU HAD NEVER BEEN HEARD OF,(HOW WE ALL WISH)

I WAS JUST WONDERING WEATHER OR NOT I HAD MISSED A CHANGE IN THE RESTRICTIONS THERE WERE IN PLACE WITH AVIAN FLU AT SALES AND SHOWS,AS IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS I HAD BEEN TO BOTH AND IT WAS AS IF ALL RESTRICTIONS HAD BEEN LIFTED.

HOPEFULLY I WILL BE GOING UP ON THE SUNDAY AS IT,S NOT SO FAR FROM ME NOW,HOPE IT WILL BE WORTH IT AS GEZ SAID THIS SHOW IS USUALLY A BIT DISAPOINTING COMPARED TO BLACKPOOL.DID ANY ONE EVER GO WHEN IT WAS HELD AT THE ALEXANDRA PALACE IN LONDON BLIMEY THAT WAS SOME YEARS AGO.

HIGH JOHN T,AS THERE WERE QUITE A FEW DIFFERANT MODELS OF THE JUNDES THEXOR IT CAN BE DIFFICULT TO KNOW WHAT THE ONE YOU HAVE IS LIKE BUT I WILL DO MY BEST TO HELP YOU WITH THE POINTS YOU HAVE ASKED ABOUT,THE SMALL DIAL NUMBERED 1-12 I SHOULD SAY IS THE HOUR DIAL THIS WILL ONLY MOVE WHEN THE CLOCK IS RUNNING,THE DIAL NUMBERED 1-15 IS I BELIEVEIS LIKE A SECURITY DEVISE WHICH MOVES WITH EVERY OPENING AND CLOSING OF THE CLOCK SO WHEN THE CLOCK IS SEALED AND THEN TAKEN BACK TO THE CLUB AFTER THE RACE THE POINTER SHOULD BE IN THE SAME PLACE AS IT WAS SET IF NOT IT SHOWS THE CLOCK AS BEEN OPENED.THE CARRIAGE ON THE TOP OF THE CLOCK IS RESET BY LIFTING IT OFF AND MANUALLY TURNING IT AROUND SO THAT WHEN IT IS PLACED BACK ON AND THE LID IS CLOSED IT IS SHOWING SOMETIMES A GREEN MARK THROUGH THE HOLE IN THE TOP OF THE CLOCK OR IT SHOWS A MARK BEFORE THE NUMBER 1 HOLE SO THAT WHEN THE CLOCK IS STRUCK WITH THE KEY THE NUMBER 1 WILL BE SHOWING.THE LAST THING YOU ASK ABOUT I,M NOT TO SURE WHICH BIT YOU MEAN BUT THERE IS A SPRING LOADED PIECE THAT IS CONNECTED TO THE PAD THAT STAMPS AGAINST THE BACK OF THE CLOCK FACE WHICH MARKS THE PAPER ROLL PERHAPS IT,S THAT ONE,OR IT COULD BE THE LEVER THAT YOU PULL DOWN TO LOCK THE CLOCK WITH.IF IT IS POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO PUT UP SOME PHOTO,S ON HERE IT WOULD BE A GREAT HELP,BUT FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME IF YOU WANT TO KNOW ANYTHING ELSE.

WE ARE UP NEAR WORCESTER THE FURTHEST FLYERS I BELIEVE IN THE NW SECTION AND IF THIS IS THE CASE I THINK WE WILL ALL BE RESIGNING.AT ONE TIME IT WAS GREAT WHEN THE CHELTENHAM MARKING STATION WAS OPEN THERE WAS A LOT OF MEMBERS UP AROUND THIS AREA.LAST YEAR SOME RESIGNED BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT THAT CRICKLADE WOULD ALSO CLOSE BUT THEN REJOINED BECAUSE THE CSCFC DECIDED TO GO NORTH,BUT WHAT A FIASCO THAT WAS,I THINK OUR BIRDS TRAVELLED ABOUT 150 MILES TO HAVE A 40 MILE RACE.IF THE CRICKLADE STATION CLOSES AND THE NEAREST ONE IS THEN FROME I THINK IT WILL BE THE END IN MY AREA.

THERE WILL PROBABLEY BE LOADS OF DIFFERANT AMOUNTS BANDED ABOUT BUT UNTIL WE GET THE AGENDA FOR THE AGM NOBODY KNOWS FOR SURE.

WHAT SOUGHT OF PRIZES AS HIS PREVIOUS YOUNGSTERS WON.

PERHAPS I WAS A BIT HASTY INTO THINKING THAT YOU HAD TOOK UP MY OFFER OF THE 6COCKS BUT THAT WAS THE IMPRESSION I GOT ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU SAY YOU TRIED FOR 2 DAYS TO GET HOLD OF AMTRACK THAT TO ME IS NOT THE ACTIONS OF SOMEONE WHO DOESN,T INTEND TO USE THEM.I DID READ THE POSTING THAT YOU PUT ON THE FORUM THANKING EVERYONE FOR THEIR OFFERS AND THAT YOU HAD GOT WHAT YOU REQUIRED BUT THAT STILL DIDN,T TELL ME THAT YOU NO LONGER REQUIRED MINE (AS I THOUGHT YOU DID).PERHAPS AS I SAID BEFORE THAT WAS MY FAULT.AS FOR BELITTLING YOU OR YOUR NAME IF YOU READ MY POSTING NOWHERE DID I MENTION YOUR NAME IT COULD OF BEEN ANYBODY ON HERE,AS TO WEATHER OR NOT YOU,VE DONE WRONG I,LL LEAVE THAT UP TO OTHER,S TO DECIDE.

SAT.28TH AND SUN.29TH OCTOBER AT THE TELFORD INTERNATIONAL CENTRE.10-5 SAT.9.30-3.30SUN.

IT,S UNDER THE GREAT MESSENGERS OF WAR,SOME BRILLIANT READING.

I WOULD THINK THAT THE LOFT WAS BASICALLY BUILT ONTO THE BACK OF A TRUCK AND THE SOLDIER,S WOULD DRIVE THIS ALONG WITH ALL THE OTHER VEHICLES.THE BIRDS WOULD BE FROM LOFTS BACK IN ENGLAND SO IF THEY WANTED TO GET A MESSAGE HOME FROM BEHIND ENEMY LINES THEY WOULD PUT IT ON THE BIRDS LEG AND LIBERATE IT.THERE IS A THREAD ELSEWHERE ON HERE WRITTEN BY JIMMY WHITE TELLING THE STORY OF THE MANY BIRDS THAT MADE THEIR WAY BACK HOME AND SAVED THOUSANDS OF LIVES BY DELIVERING IMPORTANT MESSAGES.

HAD MUCH THE SAME HAPPEN TO ME,GUY ON HERE WAS ASKING FOR SOME COCK BIRDS,TOLD HIM I COULD LET HIM HAVE SOME HE SAID HE WANTED ABOUT 6,I TOLD HIM YES THAT WOULD BE O.K.HE JUST HAD TO PAY FOR THE CARRIAGE,HE ASKED HOW MUCH WOULD IT BE I SAID ABOUT £25.00 AND TOLD HIM TO RING AMTRACK AND ASK THEM,TOLD HIM TO TELL THEM WHERE THEY WOULD BE COMMING FROM. THAT WAS THE LAST I HEARD FROM HIM NEVER EVEN BOTHERED TO TO GET BACK TO ME AND SAY HE DIDN,T WANT THEM.

COULD BE A GOOD IDEA BUT THESE YOUNGSTERS WILL HAVE TO BE BROKEN TO A NEW LOFT IF THEY WANT THEM TO FLY AS YEARLINGS,WILL THE NEW STARTERS BE PREPARED TO PAY OUT THE £25.00 OR SO TO GET THEM BACK FROM THEIR OLD LOFTS IF THET LET THEM OUT.DONT GET ME WRONG I WILL HELP ANY NEW OR OLD FANCIER OUT IF I CAN BUT THE NEW FANCIERS MUST REALISE WHAT THEY MIGHT BE LETTING THEMSELVES IN FOR.

SAMS NOT A NEW MEMBER SHE,S PROBABLEY BEEN ON HERE ABOUT 10 MONTHS.

WAS SOME TALK OF A PIGEONBASICS STAND SOME TIME AGO ANY MORE NEWS ON THAT ONE RICHARD.

JAN.21-22.

WHATS THIS ALL ABOUT BEN.

PERHAPS THATS WHY HE,S ALLWAYS ASKING FOR THEM.

BY THE LOOK OF SOME OF THE WEATHER CONDITIONS THEY PUT THE BIRDS UP IN JIM THEY MIGHT JUST AS WELL ;D

AS FOR HAVING EXTRA TIME ON MY HANDS WELL,AS I,M SECRETARY OF THE CLUB IT,S PROBABLEY MY BUSIEST TIME NOW WHAT WITH WRITING OUT THE PRIZE CARDS,SORTING OUT THE PRIZEMONEY,GETTING THE TROPHIES BACK IN,WORKING OUT WHO,S WON THE AVERAGES,GETTING THE TROPHIES ENGRAVED,SORTING THE BOOKS OUT FOR AUDIT,GETTING COPIES DONE AND SENT OUT TO THE MEMBERS AS WELL AS THE AGENDA FOR THE A.G.M.NO WONDER THE WIFE SAYS I,M MAD TO DO IT BUT AFTER ABOUT 30 YEARS I,M JUST GETTING USED TO IT.HOPEFULLY I MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET TO A FEW SHOWS IF I,M LUCKY,ROLL ON NEXT YEAR MISSING THE RACING ALLREADY.

WAS THIS HEN AWAY AT THE TIME SHE WAS MOULTING THIS FLIGHT AS THIS WILL CAUSE THE PROBLEM,IF SHE WAS LIVING ROUGH OR SOMETHING THE FLIGHTS DONT GROW THROUGH AS THEY SHOULD I SUPPOSE BECAUSE THE BIRD IS NOT GETTING THE PROPER NOURISHMENT.COULD ALSO BE THE WORK OF A MOTH AS I HAVE SEEN FLIGHTS LIKE THIS THAT HAVE BEEN ATTACKED BY THEM,LOOKS AS IF THE END FLIGHT AND ALSO THE THIRD ONE DOWN IS A BIT FRAYED AS WELL.

THE DIFFICULTEY ARRISES WHEN YOU FINISH THE SEASON WITH ABOUT 15 PIGEONS MORE THAN YOU WANT TO KEEP THROUGH THE WINTER,MAKES IT VERY HARD SOMETIMES TO DISPOSE OF YOUNGSTERS THAT HAVE FLOWN THE WHOLE PROGRAMME.

BET THAT JIMMY WHITE KNOWS ABOUT IT.

CANT QUITE REMEMBER WHAT THE OLD FOLKS USED TO SAY BUT I THINK IT WAS IF THE SEAWEED WAS REAL DRY IT MEANT FINE WEATHER IF THE SEAWEED WAS WET IT WAS GOING TO BE BAD WEATHER.THOUGHT YOU WOULD HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THAT. ;D