alec guinness Posted February 4, 2012 Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 A WEE BIT OF NOSTALGIA FROM THE COMBINE OF THE 80S.954 BIRDS LIBERATED AT 6.30 AM NW WIND DORCHESTER1ST H ALLISON KIRKCONNEL 10752ND HAMILTON BROS KIRKCONNEL 10713RD H ALLISON KIRKCONNEL 1053 4TH C CONNELLY NEW CUMNOCK 10485TH J&J HOOD MILTON OF CAMPSIE 10476TH ANDERSON & BROWN KIRKINTILLOCH 10357TH W GIBSON AUCHINLECK 10348TH T & D TURNER NEW CUMNOCK 10219TH A ROBERTS CLYDEBANK 100010TH S ROBERTSON NEW CUMNOCK 99811TH R KERR LOCHWINNOCH 99012TH FOWLER & KING KIRKCONNEL 98913TH FOWLER & KING KIRKCONNEL 98814TH H HOLLAND & SON KIRKINTILLOCH 97815TH R MACALONEY CHRYSTON 97716TH J NEIL CUMNOCK 97617TH J & J HOOD MILTON OF CAMPSIE 97618TH W MCMILLAN DARVEL 97519TH J & I BARR DAlRY 97020TH W HALL E/KILBRIDE 96921ST W MORRISON E/KILBRIDE 96822ND R A ANDERSON KIRKINTILLOCH 96623RD J & J HOOD MILTON OF CAMPSIE 96524TH STITT MALLOY &SON KIRKCONNEL 96425TH H HOLLAND & SON KIRKINTILLOCH 963. TOP 25 FOR 1984,WAS THROWING OUT SOME OLD DOO BOOKS AND THOUGHT THIS WEE BIT OF HISTORY MIGHT BE OF SOME INTEREST,NB THE WEEK AFTER THIS RACE SAW A FANTASTIC RENNES RACE WON BY THE LEGEND EDDIE NEWCOMBE MACMERRY,JIM HANNAH WAS 1ST WEST SECTION 4TH OPEN AND HAD A FANTASTIC RACE WITH 4 BIRDS IN THE TOP 65 OPEN,GREAT MEMORIES. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dal2 Posted February 4, 2012 Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 Dumfries & Galloway flyin the flag again :emoticon-0127-lipssealed: :emoticon-0127-lipssealed: Good stuff John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alec guinness Posted February 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 Dumfries & Galloway flyin the flag again :emoticon-0127-lipssealed: :emoticon-0127-lipssealed: Good stuff John great memories dal,the west coast combine was massive in these days with sartilly entries over 3000 doos,and yes heb allison fowler & king etc from doon the coast great names from the past. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank-123 Posted February 4, 2012 Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 R mcaloney of chryston is he related to george? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alec guinness Posted February 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 R mcaloney of chryston is he related to george? there are a few macs who flew the doos and are related to wee mac frank!!!! dont think bobby is though,bobby macaloney and his dad won the west section at the yb national on consecutive years in the 60s,bobby has a driving school and owns the wee paper shop in gartcosh he used to get a good yin at the rennes race aswell. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WEENANN1 Posted February 5, 2012 Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 My big pal Del won this wccombine race from france with a yearling, ive got birds the same bred. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammy Posted February 5, 2012 Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 R mcaloney of chryston is he related to george? yes Frank they are cousins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeboah Posted February 5, 2012 Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 John ,I can remember going to pick a doo up from fowler and king that they had reported ,Drove there in the second car i ever owned (that was a long time ago) I am sure but stand to be corrected ,think they flew into a small mining village close to Kirkconnel ,can still picture there loft behind a small prefab house,also remember there warm welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alec guinness Posted February 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 John ,I can remember going to pick a doo up from fowler and king that they had reported ,Drove there in the second car i ever owned (that was a long time ago) I am sure but stand to be corrected ,think they flew into a small mining village close to Kirkconnel ,can still picture there loft behind a small prefab house,also remember there warm welcome. was the village maybe kelloholm mike? great combine and national flyers though. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alec guinness Posted February 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 yes Frank they are cousins sammy i was always under the impression that johnny macaloney was georges cousin who also flew a good doo??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeboah Posted February 5, 2012 Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 was the village maybe kelloholm mike? great combine and national flyers though. :)Thats it John ,Kelloholm ,Your grey matter is holding together better than mine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alec guinness Posted February 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 My big pal Del won this wccombine race from france with a yearling, ive got birds the same bred. "SONNYBORS"was a smashing cock eddie scoring well from the last two inland races prior to winning sartilly,dont have the combine result but have the federation open. GLASGOW FEDERATION OPEN SARTILLY 1996 1ST D & L HAY KIRKINTILLOCH 9602ND A ROSS KIRKINTILLOCH 9503RD I ROSS KIRKINTILLOCH 7674TH LACON & MCDERMID DUMBARTON 7535TH WHITEFORD BROS KIRKINTILLOCH 7416TH GRAY BROS KIRKINTILLOCH 7287TH J & J HOOD MILTON OF CAMPSIE 7248TH W KERR BISHOPBRIGGS 7169TH I ROSS KIRKINTILLOCH 71510TH D ARCHIBALD DUMBARTON 71011TH FERGUSON & GRAY KIRKINTILLOCH 70912TH J & J HOOD MILTON OF CAMPSIE 69813TH J & J HOOD MILTON OF CAMPSIE 69614TH W BILSLAND KIRKINTILLOCH 69615TH J MCLAUGHLIN & SON KIRKINTILLOCH 69016TH J T MUIR BISHOPBRIGGS 68217TH J & J HOOD MILTON OF CAMPSIE 67018TH G WILSON & SON CLYDEBANK 66419TH J & J HOOD MILTON OF CAMPSIE 64920TH A & A DEMPSEY CAMPSIE 644 THIS WAS A HARD RACE EDDIE ALTHOUGH THERE WERE ONLY A COUPLE OF DOOS ON THE SHIFT THERE WERE A FEW ABOUT IN THE MORNING.GREAT MEMORIES. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alec guinness Posted February 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 Thats it John ,Kelloholm ,Your grey matter is holding together better than mine only just mike,when you hear young lewis "rooster" firing off the great national fanciers and doos it gets you thinking,i always love talking about these fanciers and doos and this gives me a wee jag to push on for the year. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster J. Cogburn Posted February 5, 2012 Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 Read a wee bit about Anderson and Brown recently. That red chequer cock they had was some tool.Well up from Dorchester and Sartilly wi the WCC on more than one occasion Is it one of this partnership that are related to Delboy?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alec guinness Posted February 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 Read a wee bit about Anderson and Brown recently. That red chequer cock they had was some tool.Well up from Dorchester and Sartilly wi the WCC on more than one occasion Is it one of this partnership that are related to Delboy?? no lewis Andy Anderson and Finlay brown were two good fanciers who joined together and concentrated totally on the nationals,Andy died some years ago and finlay no longer keeps the doos,delboys grandfather was another very good fancier called wull macrae. :partick-thistle-Crest: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster J. Cogburn Posted February 5, 2012 Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 no lewis Andy Anderson and Finlay brown were two good fanciers who joined together and concentrated totally on the nationals,Andy died some years ago and finlay no longer keeps the doos,delboys grandfather was another very good fancier called wull macrae. :partick-thistle-Crest: Some smashing results. They Hood lads fairly seemed to rattle them in wi the WCC as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALF Posted February 5, 2012 Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 Read a wee bit about Anderson and Brown recently. That red chequer cock they had was some tool.Well up from Dorchester and Sartilly wi the WCC on more than one occasion Is it one of this partnership that are related to Delboy?? AM CERTAIN I BOUGHT A YB OFF THAT RED COCK AT A SALE A GOOD FEW YEARS AGO NOW BUT CANNAE MIND WHAT HAPPENED TO IT :emoticon-0138-thinking: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster J. Cogburn Posted February 5, 2012 Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 AM CERTAIN I BOUGHT A YB OFF THAT RED COCK AT A SALE A GOOD FEW YEARS AGO NOW BUT CANNAE MIND WHAT HAPPENED TO IT :emoticon-0138-thinking: It seemed to be a racin machine Never had much luck wi doos bought at sales here either.Bought a cracking red chequer hen at Toddler Browns clearance sale,she was a yearling so broke her to the loft.She was nabbed round the back of the hut before a baw was even kicked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Davie Posted February 5, 2012 Report Share Posted February 5, 2012 John, Lot of names i remember here and brings a lot of faces to mind, sadly many of them no longer with us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alec guinness Posted February 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2012 John, Lot of names i remember here and brings a lot of faces to mind, sadly many of them no longer with us all too true Davie,still a few doo men left. :o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stb- Posted February 6, 2012 Report Share Posted February 6, 2012 (edited) A WEE BIT OF NOSTALGIA FROM THE COMBINE OF THE 80S.954 BIRDS LIBERATED AT 6.30 AM NW WIND DORCHESTER1ST H ALLISON KIRKCONNEL 10752ND HAMILTON BROS KIRKCONNEL 10713RD H ALLISON KIRKCONNEL 1053 4TH C CONNELLY NEW CUMNOCK 10485TH J&J HOOD MILTON OF CAMPSIE 10476TH ANDERSON & BROWN KIRKINTILLOCH 10357TH W GIBSON AUCHINLECK 10348TH T & D TURNER NEW CUMNOCK 10219TH A ROBERTS CLYDEBANK 100010TH S ROBERTSON NEW CUMNOCK 99811TH R KERR LOCHWINNOCH 99012TH FOWLER & KING KIRKCONNEL 98913TH FOWLER & KING KIRKCONNEL 98814TH H HOLLAND & SON KIRKINTILLOCH 97815TH R MACALONEY CHRYSTON 97716TH J NEIL CUMNOCK 97617TH J & J HOOD MILTON OF CAMPSIE 97618TH W MCMILLAN DARVEL 97519TH J & I BARR DAlRY 97020TH W HALL E/KILBRIDE 96921ST W MORRISON E/KILBRIDE 96822ND R A ANDERSON KIRKINTILLOCH 96623RD J & J HOOD MILTON OF CAMPSIE 96524TH STITT MALLOY &SON KIRKCONNEL 96425TH H HOLLAND & SON KIRKINTILLOCH 963. TOP 25 FOR 1984,WAS THROWING OUT SOME OLD DOO BOOKS AND THOUGHT THIS WEE BIT OF HISTORY MIGHT BE OF SOME INTEREST,NB THE WEEK AFTER THIS RACE SAW A FANTASTIC RENNES RACE WON BY THE LEGEND EDDIE NEWCOMBE MACMERRY,JIM HANNAH WAS 1ST WEST SECTION 4TH OPEN AND HAD A FANTASTIC RACE WITH 4 BIRDS IN THE TOP 65 OPEN,GREAT MEMORIES. :) Jeez john that was 28 years ago now can just aboot remember it still but remeber the sartilly nat the week afore better Way chq cock BOB :emoticon-0167-beer:aye they were all brocken doos aswell they all raced at the small holding at my dads previous to 1984 Edited February 6, 2012 by stb- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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