Old Pedigrees Budgie

[budgie]

Going through my records i came across a pigeon i bought from Louella back 1981 Direct Son Champion Workman x Blue Angel for the sum of £200.What would that be in todays money and has anyone been succesfull with the Workmans

[bigjamie]

god it would be a few bob in todays money budgie always thought you had money budgie :emoticon-0140-rofl:

[DJWa]

Going through my records i came across a pigeon i bought from Louella back 1981 Direct Son Champion Workman x Blue Angel for the sum of £200.What would that be in todays money and has anyone been succesfull with the Workmans

wages from 1981 to 2010 have gone up by x5 roughly so would guess at £1000

[lanarkshire lad]

Going through my records i came across a pigeon i bought from Louella back 1981 Direct Son Champion Workman x Blue Angel for the sum of £200.What would that be in todays money and has anyone been succesfull with the Workmans

Was the doo worth it and did it leave anything?

[lanarkshire lad]

Was the doo worth it and did it leave anything?

Aw well it must have fell into the 98% category.

[budgie]

Aw well it must have fell into the 98% category.

Didnae have the chance if got over my head and was never seen again to this day.

[clockman]

Aw well it must have fell into the 98% category.

Didnae have the chance if got over my head and was never seen again to this day.

you must of still been at school,

[billt]

All that money on a bird and no safety porch,

[alec guinness]

Going through my records i came across a pigeon i bought from Louella back 1981 Direct Son Champion Workman x Blue Angel for the sum of £200.What would that be in todays money and has anyone been succesfull with the Workmans

 

hi budgie ma pal jackie herd of moodiesburn had a direct youngster from champion workman,he scored in the lanarkshire fed with these birds from 300- 500 miles,but just like jackie who was quick in looking for better birds they were moved on, :o i did like the type though. ;)

[fletch]

Going through my records i came across a pigeon i bought from Louella back 1981 Direct Son Champion Workman x Blue Angel for the sum of £200.What would that be in todays money and has anyone been succesfull with the Workmans

 

my dad had these in the early 80s and did very well with them winning from saints 460 miles doing 13 1/2 hours only bird on day the same bird also was 2nd midland 2bird from bergerac 550miles also remeber another good bird drawing from niort, and nantes, they were blues almost silver blues were very good birds on the hard days would like a few of the same lines now

[lanarkshire lad]

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you must of still been at school,

No no i had just left approved school.I know Matt Mullen bought a son of workman in the late seventies and a daughter of a Pigeon called Montrose combine leader,these montrose pigeons were taken off the market by massarella due to accusations of cheating by the guy that raced them i think??Matt mullen won with these workman pigeons in the club and Lanarkshire fed but matt mullen was a great motivator of a pigeon and seemed to be able to win with anything at that time.

[budgie]

Workman was bred in1969 his Grand Father was Champion Mick x Silver Hen.Champion Mick in turn was paired up with Silver Queen which in turn bred Champion Toey bred 1963 and was a winner of 8 first Prizes .

 

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you must of still been at school,

Was still cuttin teeth and the Pd Cock flew over Georges HEED and he maintains it would have been in the 2%

[budgie]

All that money on a bird and no safety porch,

Onlys boys at the time way oor ar-e hingin out oor trusers and the dookit wis

made off jaffa boxes and bread boards.Got a loan from the bank at a tenner a month when apprentice wages then wir aroon 12 wancers. happy days

[walterbmasson]

No no i had just left approved school.I know Matt Mullen bought a son of workman in the late seventies and a daughter of a Pigeon called Montrose combine leader,these montrose pigeons were taken off the market by massarella due to accusations of cheating by the guy that raced them i think??Matt mullen won with these workman pigeons in the club and Lanarkshire fed but matt mullen was a great motivator of a pigeon and seemed to be able to win with anything at that time.

lanarkehire lad was that not the wilton bionic dordins that massarella got rid of for cheating

[Williedoo]

Fernside Regal and the other Fernside pigeons were also got rid of by Masserella because there was questions of where they originated from.They were supposed to be Vanhees but were they.

[lanarkshire lad]

lanarkehire lad was that not the wilton bionic dordins that massarella got rid of for cheating

Yes i think you are right but there was also a family he had called the Montrose family which got taken off the market for reasons similar to the bionic dordins.Maybe someone else can help here.I remember jim cullen saying to matt mullen who bought one from montrose combine leader that he should ask for his money back from massarella but that never happened.

[aye ready]

might be open to correction but i'm sure stuart peaston of queensferry won 1st and 2nd national with suspension jack and suspension vice versa which were of the workman lines can't remember the year tho' maybe alec guiness (john) would know

[nogin]

BUDGIE'S GOT MARE MONEY THAN A HORSE CAN

[alec guinness]

might be open to correction but i'm sure stuart peaston of queensferry won 1st and 2nd national with suspension jack and suspension vice versa which were of the workman lines can't remember the year tho' maybe alec guiness (john) would know

 

 

was 1981 with just under 4,500 birds,not sure of the bloodlines martin but great flying. :)

[BLACK W F]

Fernside Regal and the other Fernside pigeons were also got rid of by Masserella because there was questions of where they originated from.They were supposed to be Vanhees but were they.

 

willie there was a few of them combine leader was another they where raced in the lnrc some dodgy peds where as you say supposed to be van hees but non the less they where all good winners in good competision

if my memoury serves me correct was there not a cloud over the owner of workman suspected of fiddling

[Whitepied]

Workman bakers they were good bird still are jus not many around anymore would love to obtain a pair they always flew well out pau 589miles

[showman]

Going through my records i came across a pigeon i bought from Louella back 1981 Direct Son Champion Workman x Blue Angel for the sum of £200.What would that be in todays money and has anyone been succesfull with the Workmans

 

Approx. £580.00

[Rooster J. Cogburn]

was 1981 with just under 4,500 birds,not sure of the bloodlines martin but great flying. :)

 

Could be wrong but I'd heard the Avranches winners were down through Jock Watson of Kirklistons stuff

 

Top racing either way