old breed

[pigeonpete]

 

aye right Coco

 

coco pops? ;D

[Guest]

i think most of these white grizzles decend from the lines of stranrear simon which won the rennes national into stranra later purchased by louella lofts

[ken]

I HAVE A HUT FULL OF THE OLD BREED NORMAN SOUTHWELLS AND THERE STILL WINNING TODAY 500ML + GROOTERS X STASSARTS X GITS GREAT LITTEL PIGEONS

[jimmy white]

bang on again sammy most of johny kirkpatricks were galabank something , but these birds originated [if you want to go far enough back  ] to the old gits and barkers ,sion, and many more

[Guest]

was it not johnston of larne who had the racing gallbanks jimmy andwere they not originally kirkpatricks

[pigeonpete]

bang on again sammy most of johny kirkpatricks were galabank something , but these birds originated [if you want to go far enough back  ] to the old gits and barkers ,sion, and many more

 

you remember that far back then jimmy!! ;D ;D

[jimmy white]

 

you remember that far back then jimmy!! ;D ;D

 

i was in his class at school ;D ;D ;D  and it was approved ;D ;D ;D

 

think sammy may be a wee bit out on that one, maybe im wrong , but i think the galabanks were kirkpatricks

[Guest]

Very interested in Kirkpatricks, when I started up again it seemed to be one name that kept cropping up down thro the years. Funny I don't remember them way back in the 60's tho.

 

Galabank King, etc were Kirkpatrick originals. Went to LPW.

 

Think Stan the Man from 1990's must be amongst the most famous tho,

14 x 1sts from 80 miles out 526 miles;

4 x 1st Lerwick;

7 x 1st Thurso 420 miles.  

10 x 2nd, and 45 x in first 3.

 

Then of course there's Sir Colin also from 1990's - but Jimmy White will tell you more on him.  

 

 

 

 

[Guest TAMMY_1]

Very interested in Kirkpatricks, when I started up again it seemed to be one name that kept cropping up down thro the years. Funny I don't remember them way back in the 60's tho.

 

Galabank King, etc were Kirkpatrick originals. Went to LPW.

 

Think Stan the Man from 1990's must be amongst the most famous tho,

14 x 1sts from 80 miles out 526 miles;

4 x 1st Lerwick;

7 x 1st Thurso 420 miles.  

10 x 2nd, and 45 x in first 3.

 

Then of course there's Sir Colin also from 1990's - but Jimmy White will tell you more on him.  

 

 

 

 

going back to what i said about the chap over the back buying a lot of these birds, he has birds from stan the man and all the other latter day kilpatricks, just that i saw the name here in brunos post and i know he is intending selling them as he cannot look after the birds anymore

[Guest]

 

the old chap over the back from me spent a fortune on kilpatricks they were buying from george dawes and they never got a thing out them, do you think somebody has decendants of the original strain after this time ?

 

very unlikely a lot will claim to have them as in all strains they were made up but these were made up with the finest of long distance racing pigeons and it was only the best that everwent into them ,people call them this and that but as soon as you start your breeding programme on them they are yours as johny kirkparick would maybe have not even kept some of them for racing never mind breeding, as in pedigrees paper takes on anything they can be this or that and dont tell me it dont happen cause it does .

[Guest CS]

Nice Grizzle...