Jim Breaks Posted January 4 Report Share Posted January 4 Any one remember this pigeon man he stayed south of London ? i think he was a dairy farmer ? maybe i got the name wrong ? any one help thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BD28 Posted January 4 Report Share Posted January 4 25 minutes ago, Jim Breaks said: Any one remember this pigeon man he stayed south of London ? i think he was a dairy farmer ? maybe i got the name wrong ? any one help thank you I remember reading an article about him in the Gazette. His lofts were based in Dartford. He called his team of birds "The Spitfires", which I think came from him being a member of the RAF during war years. If I remember correctly, he flew north road, out to Thurso / Lerwick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barry Posted January 9 Report Share Posted January 9 I remember my dad buying some of frank back in 1976 and yea they were spitfires very good birds at the time , I remember one it was a red pied cock my favourite it won loads of first prizes And it’s favourite race point was Northallerton 250 miles to Brighton great memory’s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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