Coalburn Hs

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SNIPPET FROM PIGEON WORLD DIARY 25TH OCTOBER 1947

COALBURN HOMING SOCIETY HELD ITS AGM ON OCT 12TH ,JOHN NAISMITH IS AGAIN PRESIDENT,WITH DONALD BLACK VICE PRESIDENT,GEORGE WATSON IS SECRETARY,AND CAN BE FOUND AT SCHOOLHOUSE AVENUE COALBURN .WILLIE McLaren IS AGAIN FEDERATION REPRESENTATIVE .THE MEETING DECIDED TO RAISE A FUND OF £200 FOR THE PURPOSE OF SECURING A CLUB HALL WHERE THE WINTER EVENINGS COULD BE SPENT .THIS IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION .

HEARD OF A PIGEON FANCIER CALLED `BIG WILL` WHO GOT MARRIED AND INVITED A CLUBMATE TO HIS HOME FOR TEA .A DAY OR SO LATER THE INVITED FANCIER MET ANOTHER CLUBMATE WHO ASKED WHAT SORT OF A WIFE `BIG WILL` HAD GOT ,AND THE ANSWER WAS ;SHE'S A CROSS BETWEEN A GURNAY AND A BARKER ,BUT THERE IS NO BAKER ABOUT HER !A DOO MAN TO THE LAST