GEORGE CAMBELL MOODIESBURN

[alec guinness]

 

noticed in this weeks bhw obituries page that old friend george cambell of moodiesburn had passed away,i had not seen george for years but he could fly the doos at all distances and had a great record at the nationals first scoring 10th open nantes 1934 as a boy,my first trip to blackpool was with george and as a young boy it was an eye opener as george knew all these great fanciers that i was reading about in the weeklies and gazette,georges good blue pied cock homed from rennes after 10pm and george had to pay the young lads a few quid to stop playing football as the bird would not land,he also had a good winning hen with only one leg which had been lost in the sliding door as a youngster, this did not stop the hen flying the national!!!!!! great memories of a great fancier george cambell. :) :)

[lanarkshire lad]

noticed in this weeks bhw obituries page that old friend george cambell of moodiesburn had passed away,i had not seen george for years but he could fly the doos at all distances and had a great record at the nationals first scoring 10th open nantes 1934 as a boy,my first trip to blackpool was with george and as a young boy it was an eye opener as george knew all these great fanciers that i was reading about in the weeklies and gazette,georges good blue pied cock homed from rennes after 10pm and george had to pay the young lads a few quid to stop playing football as the bird would not land,he also had a good winning hen with only one leg which had been lost in the sliding door as a youngster, this did not stop the hen flying the national!!!!!! great memories of a great fancier george cambell. :) :)

A wee story about george cambell.The year was 1980 he came to my loft have a look at the doos i was sending to the rennes national,i was 21 at the time and full of enthusiasum.So he went through the doos that i was sending there was seven that i had set up for it. Saying this ones ok, iam no sure about that one bla bla bla.Then he got his eye on this yearling blue hen in the loft and asked about it i said it had scored at worcester this year in the fed but it being a yearling i wisnae considering it .He said to me i would send it its in great order.So after he went away i had a think about what he said and  deceided to alter my pool sheet and send it and by the way this pigeon had no preparation for the race. It turned out to be a hard race the doos were up in a north west wind and i timed the ylg blue hen at five to  ten on the day to win 39th west section 231st open and that was when there was 7,500 doos at Rennes.So i would say that George Cambell Knew the doos ok.

 

 

[alec guinness]

A wee story about george cambell.The year was 1980 he came to my loft have a look at the doos i was sending to the rennes national,i was 21 at the time and full of enthusiasum.So he went through the doos that i was sending there was seven that i had set up for it. Saying this ones ok, iam no sure about that one bla bla bla.Then he got his eye on this yearling blue hen in the loft and asked about it i said it had scored at worcester this year in the fed but it being a yearling i wisnae considering it .He said to me i would send it its in great order.So after he went away i had a think about what he said and  deceided to alter my pool sheet and send it and by the way this pigeon had no preparation for the race. It turned out to be a hard race the doos were up in a north west wind and i timed the ylg blue hen at five to  ten on the day to win 39th west section 231st open and that was when there was 7,500 doos at Rennes.So i would say that George Cambell Knew the doos ok.

 

nice wee story jim about a good wee doo man.

 

[Guest stb-]

WEE GEORDIE WAS A FAR BETTER PIGEON MAN THAN HE PROBABLY GOT CREDIT FOR

 

VISITED HIS LOFT WHEN I WAS YOUN A FEW TIMES AND HE WAS VERY HELPFULL

 

R I P GEORDIE

[lawrie]

he must have knew what he was talking about, how did the birds get on from your original choice?

[lanarkshire lad]

he must have knew what he was talking about, how did the birds get on from your original choice?

Timed another one at 05 15 in the morning to win 71st west section. Between the two doos they lifted nearly £300 a good we lift then.1980 :)

 

 

[Delboy]

I knew Geordie Campbell, ( not Cambell ;D ) he used to come to our loft regularly and he flew alot of our birds in the 70s .A good pigeon man he was.

[alec guinness]

I knew Geordie Campbell, ( not Cambell ;D ) he used to come to our loft regularly and he flew alot of our birds in the 70s .A good pigeon man he was.

 

its a campsie thing. ;D

[Delboy]

 

its a campsie thing. ;D

 

You mean Camsie

[alec guinness]

 

You mean Camsie

 

;D ;D ;D