yeboah Posted January 5, 2018 Report Share Posted January 5, 2018 Probably one of the finest pigeons I ever raced Blue Hen SU 75 SN 1900Season 1976 when she was a yearling --SHAP 24/24 HOME ,SHE WAS MY FIRST BIRD 6TH CLUB GARSTANG 29/30 , SHE WAS MY FIRST BIRD 4TH CLUBBAMBER BRIDGE 22/23 SHE WAS 12TH HOMELYMM 25/25 SHE WAS 14TH HOMEPENKRIDGE 23/25 SHE WAS 18THREDDITCH 25/27 SHE WAS 22NDCHELTENHAM 13/14 SHE WAS 6TH CHARLTON 11/12 SHE WAS 1ST BIRD 10TH CLUB-----------SEASON 1977 1900 IS NOW 2YO GARSTANG 11/12 HOME SHE WAS 6THBAMBER BRIDGE 29/31 SHE WAS 10THAPPLETON 17/20 SHE WAS 8TH PENKRIDGE 23/25 SHE WAS 4TH REDDITCH 15/16 SHE WAS 2ND HOME 9TH CLUBCHELTENHAM 21/24 SHE WAS 1ST BIRD 2ND CLUB SNFC FALAISE 1/2 SHE WAS 1ST HOME LIBERATED 06-15 TIMED HER AT 17-46-16 ALL SECTION PRIZES TAKEN ---------SEASON 1978 1900 IS NOW 3YO GARSTANG 17/23 SHE WAS 10THBAMBER BRIDGE 16/20 SHE WAS 7THAPPLETON 16/17 SHE WAS 12TH REDDITCH 20/22 SHE WAS 3RD HOME 8TH CLUBCHELTENHAM 18/20 SHE WAS 1ST HOME 2ND CLUBSNFC RENNES 1ST HOME LIB 06-00 NW WIND TIMED 20-40-41 16TH SECTION 66TH OPEN 7,298 BIRDS VEL 995------SEASON 1979 ,1900 IS NOW 4YO BAMBER BRIDGE 17/22 SHE WAS 12TH HOMEAPPLETON 15/17 SHE WAS 2ND HOME 7TH CLUB STAFFORD 6/6 SHE WAS 1ST HOME 8TH CLUB REDDITCH 15/20 SHE WAS 2ND HOME 6TH CLUB CHELTENHAM 9/10 SHE WAS 1ST HOME 2ND CLUBSNFC RENNES 6/9 SHE WAS 2ND HOME LIB 05-45 NW WIND TIMED AT 22-12-49 8TH SECTION 31ST OPEN 7,268 BIRDS VEL-887----SEASON 1980 ,1900 IS NOW 5YO BAMBER BRIDGE 23/25 HOME SHE WAS 2ND HOME, 9TH CLUB APPLETON 21/24 SHE WAS 12TH STAFFORD 12/12 SHE WAS 5TH REDDITCH 15/19 SHE WAS 10THCHELTENHAM 15/18 SHE WAS 3RD HOME SNFC RENNES- 8 HOME SHE WAS 2ND HOME BEATEN BY HER YOUNGER BROTHER LIBERATED 05-45 NW WIND TIMED HER AT 21-05 68TH SECTION 334TH OPEN 7,359 BIRDS VELOCITY 952 ------SHE WAS THEN RETIRED A DAUGHTER WON 1ST FED AS A YB AND LIVED TO 22 YEARS A SON OF THE ABOVE WAS LOST OF THE LOFT AT 18 YOHIS YOUNG ARE STILL IN THE LOFT TODAY ------HOPE YOU ENJOYED READING ABOUT 1900 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delboy Posted January 5, 2018 Report Share Posted January 5, 2018 outstanding pigeon Mick, brilliant read Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeboah Posted January 5, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2018 outstanding pigeon Mick, brilliant readThanks Derek Never had a night out in her life First time her mother went over the channel she was 14th open nantes from just under 2000 doo's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkj Posted January 5, 2018 Report Share Posted January 5, 2018 a top class pigeon mick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeboah Posted January 5, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2018 a top class pigeon mickNotice the good returns in those days Davy A good pigeon was hard to loose Changed Days Pal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE FIFER Posted January 5, 2018 Report Share Posted January 5, 2018 very good bird, first class , and good to hear about thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delboy Posted January 5, 2018 Report Share Posted January 5, 2018 Thanks Derek Never had a night out in her life First time her mother went over the channel she was 14th open nantes from just under 2000 doo's like breeds like Mick, class m8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew suckle Posted January 6, 2018 Report Share Posted January 6, 2018 Top class Mick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mossgiel Posted January 6, 2018 Report Share Posted January 6, 2018 A great read Mick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenbar Posted January 6, 2018 Report Share Posted January 6, 2018 A good read indeed, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dal2 Posted January 6, 2018 Report Share Posted January 6, 2018 Well done pal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbee Posted January 6, 2018 Report Share Posted January 6, 2018 These were the great days of the SNFC, sending 7000 to Rennes and nearly 2000 to Nantes. Still remember them well, leaving the house at 04.00 and doing the Carter Bar run every day for 10 days before the birds main race. In these days it was like a convoy of pigeon guys training at that time in the morning, started off with the late Bobby Carruthers and even Jim Sanderson trained in these days winning Nantes twice. As you said Mike we usually got the birds home from the channel as long as they were good enough,sometimes with 100% on the night from Sartilly and Rennes if not by next morning. Like your hen, they were all good birds. Wish I had some off them know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buff Posted January 6, 2018 Report Share Posted January 6, 2018 Brilliant wee doo 👌ðŸ»ðŸ‘ŒðŸ» Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullcock Posted January 6, 2018 Report Share Posted January 6, 2018 Great read, and top pigeon by any era's standard, you make it look easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy Burgess Posted January 6, 2018 Report Share Posted January 6, 2018 was a great read Mick , thanks for sharing . what family or lines was 1900 ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philg50 Posted January 6, 2018 Report Share Posted January 6, 2018 A great pigeon indeed but the record keepig is to be admired as well,well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmurray Posted January 6, 2018 Report Share Posted January 6, 2018 Top flying Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
podgy Posted January 6, 2018 Report Share Posted January 6, 2018 Great hen, and very game, at all distances, podgy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALF Posted January 6, 2018 Report Share Posted January 6, 2018 Cracking doo Mick 👠Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cemetary Posted January 6, 2018 Report Share Posted January 6, 2018 Great read Mick, and what a cracking doo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeboah Posted January 7, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2018 was a great read Mick , thanks for sharing . what family or lines was 1900 ?Hi AndyRegarding the Breeding of 1900 When I started as a 14yo in 1972 I was gifted pigeons from my cousin Ben Scott of Brydekirk near Annan and other fanciers from the same village ,Ben was the first loft in Scotland to win 3 gold awards ,I travelled down from Wamphray on a Sunday with my mother father and two uncles one of which was the only one who owned a Car ,We had tea with all the Scott Family and I was taken by Ben to the Pigeon Club on a Sunday night for the weekly tot draw they ran for club funds ,Remember all the feeding for club members big log fire burning and cups of tea Didn't realise then but I was amongst Legends .Ben when finished breeding for the season used to still use youngsters for his birds to race to and when they were feathering and I was able to see their colour I then put rings on my fancy (Was a struggle but I got there )It was the same line as Sheila one of his gold award winners (A picture is actually in this weeks RP under Billy Wortley's Solway Sounds)Paired to a Gift hen from Jim Souter of Brydekirk That Produced 1900 's Dam A Beautiful light blue cheq her nest mate was also a hen if memory serves me correctly their numbers were SU73S10079 And SU73S10080 ,They had the most outstanding pearl eyes ,I have never came across the like ever since .The sire of 1900 was a stunning blue cock which was also gifted to me ,Our house at Wamphray ran adjacent to the main London to Glasgow Railway line and in 1972 it was being electrified A Railwayman that was working on the job asked if he could climb over into our garden and view the birds and took away two rings which he said he would attach legs to them (I will never forget that ) As we had no transport to collect them the year just passed by ,The following year he called again whilst working on the railway and took another two rings away this time My uncle took my mother and I and our neighbour up to collect them We arrived on the allotment in Lanark at the loft of Robert Todd and Son it was Robert jnr who had collected the rings He handed me the two youngsters and then gave me a hold of a blue cock that had my ring on from the previous year and said it had been trained but if I wanted to take it home it would be of the understanding that if it returned to Lanark it would be transferred Davy our neighbour who had raced pigeons previously nearly broke my ankle when telling me to accept the offer lol We settled the yearling cock sure his ring number was SU73S10073 and he was paired to 10079 His breeding was from McIvor brothers Carnwath's famous Tinto Goldmine sure it scored from the channel on at least 8 occasions Those pair sure were a goldmine for me When I highlighted 1900 at yearling stage and she was first bird from first two races she was sitting overdue then on a wee youngster ,as I had all that recorded it wasn't rocket science how to set her up She then went to all three Rennes nationals on a chipping egg or one day old chick ,1900 had eleven flights on both wings and on all three occasions that she went to Rennes her first flight was only half up and she threw both seconds prior to basketing that I still regard as Super form to this present Day ,If you also notice she only went to Cheltenham 238 mls to Wamphray then 2 weeks complete rest apart from one 60mls toss from Shap on the Sunday prior to basketing Tuesday then into Rennes 500 mls that is also something I stick to this day 2 weeks complete just something I was taught by the Legends of Brydekirk You Could say Andy Fate Fact And Fortune as I bought my first half decent car with the winnings for a young lad earning £30 a week to win 300 plus was life changing ,bought my mother our first ever fridge lolAtb Mick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy Burgess Posted January 7, 2018 Report Share Posted January 7, 2018 Hi AndyRegarding the Breeding of 1900 When I started as a 14yo in 1972 I was gifted pigeons from my cousin Ben Scott of Brydekirk near Annan and other fanciers from the same village ,Ben was the first loft in Scotland to win 3 gold awards ,I travelled down from Wamphray on a Sunday with my mother father and two uncles one of which was the only one who owned a Car ,We had tea with all the Scott Family and I was taken by Ben to the Pigeon Club on a Sunday night for the weekly tot draw they ran for club funds ,Remember all the feeding for club members big log fire burning and cups of tea Didn't realise then but I was amongst Legends .Ben when finished breeding for the season used to still use youngsters for his birds to race to and when they were feathering and I was able to see their colour I then put rings on my fancy (Was a struggle but I got there )It was the same line as Sheila one of his gold award winners (A picture is actually in this weeks RP under Billy Wortley's Solway Sounds)Paired to a Gift hen from Jim Souter of Brydekirk That Produced 1900 's Dam A Beautiful light blue cheq her nest mate was also a hen if memory serves me correctly their numbers were SU73S10079 And SU73S10080 ,They had the most outstanding pearl eyes ,I have never came across the like ever since .The sire of 1900 was a stunning blue cock which was also gifted to me ,Our house at Wamphray ran adjacent to the main London to Glasgow Railway line and in 1972 it was being electrified A Railwayman that was working on the job asked if he could climb over into our garden and view the birds and took away two rings which he said he would attach legs to them (I will never forget that ) As we had no transport to collect them the year just passed by ,The following year he called again whilst working on the railway and took another two rings away this time My uncle took my mother and I and our neighbour up to collect them We arrived on the allotment in Lanark at the loft of Robert Todd and Son it was Robert jnr who had collected the rings He handed me the two youngsters and then gave me a hold of a blue cock that had my ring on from the previous year and said it had been trained but if I wanted to take it home it would be of the understanding that if it returned to Lanark it would be transferred Davy our neighbour who had raced pigeons previously nearly broke my ankle when telling me to accept the offer lol We settled the yearling cock sure his ring number was SU73S10073 and he was paired to 10079 His breeding was from McIvor brothers Carnwath's famous Tinto Goldmine sure it scored from the channel on at least 8 occasions Those pair sure were a goldmine for me When I highlighted 1900 at yearling stage and she was first bird from first two races she was sitting overdue then on a wee youngster ,as I had all that recorded it wasn't rocket science how to set her up She then went to all three Rennes nationals on a chipping egg or one day old chick ,1900 had eleven flights on both wings and on all three occasions that she went to Rennes her first flight was only half up and she threw both seconds prior to basketing that I still regard as Super form to this present Day ,If you also notice she only went to Cheltenham 238 mls to Wamphray then 2 weeks complete rest apart from one 60mls toss from Shap on the Sunday prior to basketing Tuesday then into Rennes 500 mls that is also something I stick to this day 2 weeks complete just something I was taught by the Legends of Brydekirk You Could say Andy Fate Fact And Fortune as I bought my first half decent car with the winnings for a young lad earning £30 a week to win 300 plus was life changing ,bought my mother our first ever fridge lolAtb Mick thats brilliant Mick , another great read , lots of detail from the glory days eh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE FIFER Posted January 7, 2018 Report Share Posted January 7, 2018 thanks yeboah very interesting thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyleakin Lofts Posted January 7, 2018 Report Share Posted January 7, 2018 Excellent read. Pity these days are gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE FIFER Posted January 8, 2018 Report Share Posted January 8, 2018 yes the day when you bred 12 youngsters and had at leased 10 after racing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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