Vintage Footage of Racing Pigeons

[PIGEONJIMI]

1020 birds competed for the King George Cup 1926 -silent film http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=25516. Scroll down for the out-takes at the end

[Guest stb-]

very interesting

[Guest Davy Fleming]

Those were the days and can still remember the guy downstairs from ma Grannie taking them on the bogie up to meet the train

[Guest Gareth Rankin]

Quality footage from 84 years ago, brilliant

[Guest IB]

Always fascinated by these yesteryear scenes.  

 

When I had pigeons in 1960's, Lanarkshire Fed still went to racepoints by train. Our club used a bothy on Bellshill station platform to basket the race birds. They went from there to Motherwell by the railway lorry, a scammell 3-wheeled tractor & trailer.

 

Toulets were enclosed & sealed in wooden boxes by then though.

 

[fletch]

intresting and this is a great website, always go and look at the old grand national footage, my other hobbie

[PIGEONJIMI]

Following on from the San Sebastian short film , A few more

http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=52904

http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=48154

http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=27643

http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=36139

[Guest stb-]

very good any more :)

[PIGEONJIMI]

very good any more :)

http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=23515

http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=38513

http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=50599

http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=37272

http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=28762

 

[showman]

Brilliant. Nice to see the old way of liberating.

[PIGEONJIMI]

One more,  http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=34716 My fave

[showman]

Did you look at the ' Pigeon Palace ' one ?

[greenlands]

Thanks JIMI,

These bring back memories,used to go down to the village railway station with the horse and cart loaded with pigeons ready to go to the race point.

Lindsay.

[greenlands]

Hi JIMI,just found this old photo on the computer,had to convert it fromTIF to JPEG ,no pigeons but this is where I used to go as a kid.

Lindsay.

[PIGEONJIMI]

Did you look at the ' Pigeon Palace ' one ?

Must have missed that one,You have to put some random words in the search to find them all  

 

[PIGEONJIMI]

Hi JIMI,just found this old photo on the computer,had to convert it fromTIF to JPEG ,no pigeons but this is where I used to go as a kid.

Lindsay.

 

Great photo & memories,I recall seeing the baskets on station platforms in the mid 60s

[Pompey Mick]

Is the 'Pigeon Palace' still in existance?

[jimmy white]

always interesting,, here is a pic of the world record priced pigeon,, way back then

[jimmy white]

the bird in the above post is in fact " ruhr express"  awarded  the dicken medal , sold for a world record price for a cock pigeon by the  R,A,F   to s and d bishop  of weybridge

 

the world record price,,,,,,,,£420

[jimmy white]

another page from the gazzette,, ,, from the 1950,s approx,, see the prices of the birds,,,,,and the old breeds