WELSH GRAND NATIONAL

[bewted]

who won the welsh grand national from lerwick in 1965,

 

another bit of curious paper work in front of me here !!!!

[chichichi]

I bet their surname is either jones or davies,, lol,, I'll have a guess at t sparrow.from caerau. but don't really know..

[bewted]

i dont know either,thats why i am asking !!

 

the pigeon who won this was called `BLUE MIST`  WHU62K3061

 

1st WELSH GRAND NATIONAL

 

same bird also winning ;

 

1st ALL WALES COMBINE AND RHONNDA VALLEY FED simultaneoius liberation !!!

[Guest neil]

Mr F.D. Alcock who resided in Abercynon vel 643 ypm won in 1965,2 years after his fellow club member Jack Davies won it -not bad for a small club.

I knew Jack quite well but no memory of Dereck only by name.

[bewted]

thanks neil,my curious paperwork marries up now,F,D,ALCOCK is the signature here

 

also another pigeon called `jan` i think as hard to decipher,WHU66D1467 won

 

1968 4th open welsh national thurso

         2nd west section

         1st s,w,glam fed

          1st club

 

1969 6th open welsh national thurso

         1st west section

         1st s,w,glam fed

          1st open s,w,glam fed

          1st club

won £260 to date

 

 

just some history for the welsh boys and my old paper work !

hope you all enjoy it,if not ,tell me to shut up !!!!

note,i think by looking at it,its all f,d,alcocks handwriting!!!!

[bewted]

Mr F.D. Alcock who resided in Abercynon vel 643 ypm won in 1965,2 years after his fellow club member Jack Davies won it -not bad for a small club.

I knew Jack quite well but no memory of Dereck only by name.

 

yes and only 7 birds on the day in 1965

[Guest neil]

Just spoke to my oldest friend Elved Phillips who remembers this and related that when this bird was purchased,it was agreed with D Alcock that D Bowen would send for apparently three birds and when they came back Dereck was asked to pick one on picking the first danny said he fancied that one so Dereck said well i will have take next of his choice to which Danny said "but so and so fancied that one" so Dereck was left with what he described as the ugly duckling,the rest as they say is history

[bewted]

thanks neil very interesting,even the worst ones could be your best ones !!!

 

much appreciated

 

                                 best regards

 

                                     ted

[bewted]

as a point of interest,,,,does your friend know where or what breed of pigeons d bowen sent for ?

[Guest neil]

No sorry Ted he is now in his 80s and his mind is sharp but cannot recall the strain -Echo has been doing some great write ups in the british homing world on past Lerwick national winners,pherhaps one of the other members on here will now his telephone number.

neil

[Robert Hyde]

I am almost sure the birds were Vanbruane.They bought them from R.Mayo.

Hope this helps you.

                               Robert.