cattryse

[PATTY BHOY]

anyone still have these birds.

[PIGEON_MAN]

No but Colin(Mr.Cattrysse) Lloyd is selling quite a few in this weeks BHW,you wont get much better.

[Guest JonesyBhoy]

Was just lookin at them... few toppers..!!! I like the look of 'Blue Tic' and 'Fat Hen'..

[jimmy white]

i know innes bros of gilmerton won the 1967 snfc avaranches race with" kingston tree top" i think this pigeon was a cattryse going back to les numan,, if my memory serves me right, w kinnear and son had birds related to kingston tree top, which i would imagine would be in some of the breeding of his   national winners and prizewinners in recent years

[boxer]

we have cattryse pigeons good hard day birds we have a whole family built up over 15 yrs

[Guest strapper]

had a mealy pied cattrysse van geel/reel? cross ..threw out great over the water birds.

died a few seasons back..wish i still had him....came in as a stray ,brought to me from a neighbour with an hungry cat..reported it to ireland..if my memory serves me right a mrs keegan?

[sammy]

anyonr

e still have these birds.

 

graam moss has them  

[bewted]

i know innes bros of gilmerton won the 1967 snfc avaranches race with" kingston tree top" i think this pigeon was a cattryse going back to les numan,, if my memory serves me right, w kinnear and son had birds related to kingston tree top, which i would imagine would be in some of the breeding of his   national winners and prizewinners in recent years

 

les newman,now jimmy theres a name from the past,had all les davenports pigeons when les gave up !!! beautiful piogeons as had some as well,,,,won at all distances north and into france south !!!

[jimmy white]

 

les newman,now jimmy theres a name from the past,had all les davenports pigeons when les gave up !!! beautiful piogeons as had some as well,,,,won at all distances north and into france south !!!

 

;D ;D ;D your bang on there ted ;D ;D youve brought it all back to me, ;D newman did in fact get his birds from les devonport,, these were great fanciers with great pigeons, able to score at most distances,,, talk about a blast from the past ;D ;D well done

[Tony C]

Reg Barker had the Cattryse around here many moons ago, still think these bloodlines are winning up and down the country.

[robbiedoo.]

i think ernie goodyear has some aswell .

[Albear]

There are some hidden gems I think down at Graham Moss in Stratford, he had some fantastic A H Bennet Van Braunes, including sons of Long Mynd Hermes, unfortunatley I came acrss him mwhen they were 15/16 yo (approx). But he had some super Cattrysse too and they were lovely pigeons, not sure if the y were Davenport or th other guy who was top of the tree around the same time, someone will remember him. And I think he had an advert in the BHW the last wek ortwo before, very recent anyway, I think ther may be some gems there at a very reasonable price. I have not been there for about 7 years though, and he has not flown competitivley for many years but don't let that put you off, I think he works on best to best bloodlines and he did hav very close to the tree.

[PIGEON_MAN]

Here is another name connected with the cattrysse pigeons from way back which some of the older members may remember Mons Slabbinke,could of been loft manager or son in law.

[bewted]

Here is another name connected with the cattrysse pigeons from way back which some of the older members may remember Mons Slabbinke,could of been loft manager or son in law.

 

mons slabbinke,,,,what another blast from the past,if,memory serves me right,he was actual loft manager for the catrysse bros,but,eventually for reasons unknown to me now,i think slabbinke started his own loft and slabbinke and catrysse bros use to exchange pigeons with each other until i think the cattrysse brothers died and slabbinke carried on for awhile,,,,,,i maybe wrong in parts as was a long time ago now !!!

[Guest lenwadebob]

The late Les Varney of Hoddesdon had a fantastic stud of the Cattrysse pigeons that won out of turn. He won the LNRC on a couple of occasions with these birds. If memory serves me correct one of these was called "Metro". His birds were all sold after his death so the stud is probably scattered far and wide now. Mark Bulled from this site may know more as to their whereabouts.

[greenlands]

had a mealy pied cattrysse van geel/reel? cross ..threw out great over the water birds.

died a few seasons back..wish i still had him....came in as a stray ,brought to me from a neighbour with an hungry cat..reported it to ireland..if my memory serves me right a mrs keegan?

 

Might be coincidence Paul,I got a Mealy cock in must be 20 years ago now,belonged to Keegan bros, Lisburn, Co Antrim.That was a crackeraswell bred good birds just for the fun of it.

Lindsay

 

[Wizzer]

Brought in two pairs from Les Davenport nearly 30 years ago.

I had the strain in my birds right up to 2005. Best pigeons I ever had. Good hardy birds.

[Wizzer]

found they crossed well with the Vanhee.

[greenlands]

A lot of the lads in this area that had them crossed them with Dordins apart from winning races you couldn't beat them in the show pens,my late mate use to play hell about them too bloody big he would say,he liked van reels.

Lindsay

[Guest JonesyBhoy]

Did Maurice Beuselinck not take over the Cattrysse pigeons when Gerard died.. i think he was maybe there brother in law..??

[Guest tom123]

picked up six from natureal breeding station this year which flew well got 4 left all flown to folkestone

[wilkins]

The late Les Varney of Hoddesdon had a fantastic stud of the Cattrysse pigeons that won out of turn. He won the LNRC on a couple of occasions with these birds. If memory serves me correct one of these was called "Metro". His birds were all sold after his death so the stud is probably scattered far and wide now. Mark Bulled from this site may know more as to their whereabouts.

 

blue metro won berwick and the car nom and true grit won stonehaven for the late les varney,, rowley and irons his near neighbour won berwick with fighting mick and car nom, and he won the car nom the next year with master les but not the combine cant remember his position,

[micci]

got a pic here of a son of Les Davenports Ropley Lad, which was owned by Milky-al on here, it had bred him loads of winners and won in the showpen dont know how to post the pic !!!

[Guest ENDFLIGHT]

HI, I THINK IF YOU COULD CHECK BACK FAR ENOUGH I,M ALMOST CERTAIN IT WAS LES VARNEY WHO TOOK OVER LES DAVENPORT,S TEAM OF PIGEONS ;)CHEERS

[micci]

It was  Les Varney who took all Les Davenports birds, me and Milkyal was at Les's when he collected them, cant remember the year