how long have yous had doos

[Guest KING BILLY]

whe have had doos in our family for over 100 years grand father father then me my 3 uncles and 2 brothers still keep them so how did yous get into the doos

[ALF]

My 2 uncles had them and i went into partnership with 1 of them( Well i cleaned them oot and carried the baskets to training :o) and after he died i have raced them the last maybe 10years myself

[Guest WINGS 04]

started in 2001 moved next to a man that had them and liked them was in to the greyhounds just flaping tracks but they shut the local tracks

[kev43]

whe have had doos in our family for over 100 years grand father father then me my 3 uncles and 2 brothers still keep them so how did yous get into the doos

 

not beeen in it long m8 about 7/8 yr got in2 them thru a frend ov my dads,, won a few races topped fed a couple ov times and then lost me dad sold up and started again and wi not havin birds i had then not doin nowt wi birds at mins so goin 2 have 2 invest n sum new birds been gifted a couple ov stock birds off here 2 breed off nxt yr

[Guest ROCKYandRAMBO]

my dad had racing pigeons before i was born and had packed up two years before i was born but it was in my system so ive had them since the age of 11 and have never been with out them since so it 20 years now for me

[greenlands]

Sixty years or there abouts,My grand father had them ,flying with my dad and one of my uncles,my other uncle had them flying on his own.I can remember going to the railway station on the horse and cart and loading them onto the train,also remember going to my grand fathers loft and he died in 1949  walking home from the local colliery.( The day I started School )

Lindsay.

[Guest KING BILLY]

some of the old ways are still the best my father used to send me to the pet shop for a stone of fedding i droped it carring it home oneset and onest only whe kepet about 14 to 20 young birds at that time and 10 pair of old ones with some grate results ;)

[pigeonpete]

April 2005 i started properly, had some in the early 90s whilst still at school, My grandad raced, and in school holidays thats where i spent all my time, So it my grandads fault i got into them, ( i do curse him sometimes, god rest his sole :-) )

[marmite]

my dad kept them he got pig lung so had to give up but i created so much i carried on with them from age of 7 so had em 43 yrs now lol

[grizzal]

my grandad had them so got my first ones aged 6 [as pets] started racing at 20,

now 50 and hopefully getting my grand children intrested,dont now what i would

do with out them now :)

[blackdog]

started racing them in 1980 but i kept streeters when i was a kid going into old buildings for them, kept in tea chests (happy days) makes you feel old now.

[Tony C]

Started with the pigeons 1989. My father raced pigeons briefly between 1983-1990 The biggest lesson I learnt from him was sitting on a damp bench waiting for pigeons played havoc with his farmer giles ;D

[Guest KING BILLY]

started racing them in 1980 but i kept streeters when i was a kid going into old buildings for them, kept in tea chests (happy days) makes you feel old now.

yes it dus take you back a bit the rusty nail in the water to give them iron bricks for the nests coal brok up for minerils thats when every boddy had coal fires then and the doos used to help themself to the hep of ashes in the garden ;D ;D ;D

 

 

[Delboy]

My grandfather kept them from 1930 and I joined him in 1973 aged 7. I left partnership in 80s  when I was on the drive myself ;D and returned in 1989. My grandfather passed away in 1991 and ive flown myself since. My total time in pigeons, about 36 years.

[Guest JonesyBhoy]

Helped my Dad and Uncle out in there last season which was 1989..

 

Then got my own loft in the garden, and my first pigeon was a Blue cheq pied hen Su90g gift from Big Wullie McLean.. followed by an unrung Dark Cock from Andy Leddy (sadly deceased) and a pair of blood reds from Joe Quinn.

 

Raced there until 98, then moved back to the allotments and went in to partnership with my best mate Tommy. Flew as Glancy & Jones till 01'.. Then as Delboy put it 'went on the drive myself'..!!

 

Started back this year as Glancy & Jones again.. Now that's me for life..!!

[john@formula 1 lofts]

Been in my family 80 odd years Grand father and his Brothers raced. as has my Dad since he was a small boy and me and my brother since birth.

 

Also My father in-law and his father both raced as now does his daughter (my wife) and her Nephew (My partner in Formula 1 lofts john Cowlin) As you see a long line both sides.

 

[Guest bakes]

first season with them 2010 will be mine and my partners first season racing always wonted pigeons after making good friends with a local flyer that lofts back onto my mates corn fields were i go rabbiting and help out in my spar time with combining,ploughing,spraying crops after seeing my mates lofts and doo's that was it as soon as i got my own house i converted a shed into two sections went back up to my mates and he bred me some yb's still got most of the gifted birds mainly busshaerts and a few strains i bought in off here but really looking forward to getting my doo's on that transporter come 2010 counting down the days.

[Guest devonred]

My dad was racing from the 60's i got involved in 1982 aged 12 & can still remember a little cheq hen flying around after a race but still won. lovely photo ofmme with me trophy

[mark croker]

Had the birds since i was 7,   No family has ever had them (that i know of) I have always been a lad of the world, started early nestting in the local woods and had a chicken,  when i was 7 me and a mate walked past a young lad that was calling his birds from the street,  he was only 6 years older and is still a good mate today,    he started us off with strays and gift birds,  in 1998 i got my own loft and in 99 i got an allotment,  thats was burnt down in 2003, keeped building untill 2005 when i got my own house and built my present loft    

[rick]

mt nan kept tumblers and chickens when my dad was a boy, id have been about 6 or 7 when my dad got some fantails and tumblers i can still remember the day he brought 2 tumblers home and we kept them in a rabbit hutch type thing my dad made. it eventually progressed 2 a 20ft loft with racers.. i have fund memories of my childhood with my dad and the birds.. i got married and mortgage 5 years ago as soon as i got the keys to my house the loft was being planned.. unfortunatley my dad died in our first season at my house.. but i know when im down the garden with the pigeons im with my dad.. pigeons are in my blood and nothing else ive ever done gives me the buzz pigeons do...

[Guest Gareth Rankin]

Got bitten by the bug in 1983 and since then have been in partnership with dad (George) who has been in the pigeons since 1952, like many of the other posts i also went on the drive but it was a drive to get better pigeons and performances, priorities have to come first and that is Pigeons first then women second. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D :D

 

Have to go now as her in doors has just come back. ;D ;D ;D

[schouwman71]

had them since i was 13yrs old now 38yrs old,wow how time flyes by.brought an injured blue cock home from cayton bay while we were on holiday,later settled in in my old rabbit cage and it brought a stray back on day and paired,that was the begining of a long interest,ive had to learn the very hard way has nobody had them in my family,its been tough going but ive learnt alot through it,ive become a good stockman but thers always somethink to learn in this sport,ive bred many winners for me and other plus top combine positins over the years including 1st and2nd,i wudnt be without them,

 

les

[dwh]

started when my bro in law and his missus parted when he went back flew with wifes cousin did quite well in a very strong club(tindale crescent) now flying with club sec. ron brydon trying our best and getting better each year

[andy]

My grandfather kept them from 1930 and I joined him in 1973 aged 7. I left partnership in 80s  when I was on the drive myself ;D and returned in 1989. My grandfather passed away in 1991 and ive flown myself since. My total time in pigeons, about 36 years.

 

Age 7 in 1973? You must have had some paper round   ;D ;D

[slinky slitheroe]

whe have had doos in our family for over 100 years grand father father then me my 3 uncles and 2 brothers still keep them so how did yous get into the doos

Had them for over 40years and i still know futt all about them. :o