Blackpool today...

decided this morning i was off to blackpool, got there around dinner time and stayed for three hours..............ive never been before and enjoyed every minute of it, i saw gaza b on his stall and a couple of other people who i knew, so enjoyed the day very much.......

glad you had a good time david

hope you didnt get auction fever

nah alex,watched one of the auctions but didnt go to buy any pigeons.........there was a bloke from south shields there buying everything in sight , sure his name was mr peel

there were some nice pigeons there but wasnt tempted

nice, is the show very big?

i thought it was big alex, but others who go every year told me its a lot smaller now...........i loved it tho

gald you finally went to the show which it was tomorrow because i could have had a chat mate

yes don, would have been nice to finally meet you..........i was thinking about going yesterday evening and finally made up my mind this morning about 10 o clock, as you know ive never been before and i thought it was great, altho some say its smaller and not as good as previous years.........i loved it and hope to go again next year.

Been going years mate and yes it has got smaller but it is still briiliant and the atmosphere is still there mate even if it is smaller compared to other years

Make it sunday next year

i think ray will come back with something he said he wouldnt but we all know ray

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i think ray will come back with something he said he wouldnt but we all know ray

Meeting up with him tomorrow will know my money is on him buying something

will be good meeting up with the lads don

Yes Rene, Ray and Ken plus a few others like last year

Ya should come and said hello David. It seemed busier but half of the place was shut. It was good to see Graham and Geoerge. I think I may have misjudged George, he's a really nice bloke. Graham was much different than I imagined too, maybe because he hadnt been in the bar first
It was much quiter than last year and didnt make a sale until one o clock.
Then it went beserk. We sold out of youngsters.
plus twenty we had ordered that have gone to Ireland. Apparently they have slaughtering the opposition. Will try and get more details on the results. But our old mate Dermot has begged us for another 10, but I don't like to sell newly weaned youngsters until i'm happy with them.
Some theiving lowlife, nicked two.
But all in all, was a good day.
We only bought two birds.
I think tomorrow will hopefully be a a short day, so I can have a look around.

well been a few yrs since went to blackpool show but had a gr8 day lol .but defo gt smaller from wat i remember used to go every yr without fail from early 80,s to 2002 wen sold out pigeons so was first yr bk there had alot of fun gettin some van reets my m8 was drivin me mad pickin out some lol . gtta say was realy inpressed with the brown an nee van reets gtta be the best i handled in yrs fantastic pigeons lads . just have to see now how they perform in the stock loft the 1,ns i picked out lol just need to get my m8 to listen to wat i say . now that shud be a challange haha

nice one ste glad to hear you had a good time mate an good luck with the birds you got

hi gary b, i asked you which were the van loons around half three, you pointed to some ybs along the bottom.....

i also took a leaflet for lvl`s site.......

cheers alex was a gd day up there was some nice birds but gtta say the van reets from carl and peter nee were top class some of the best ive handled in time . but basket will be proof in the puddin as they say the youngsters will be well trained b4 first race and hopefully have atleast 3 single up tosses at 50 miles and 4 doubled up at 60 if there still there then we have a chance with them but if not back to the drawing board lol

i think i saw those van reets ste, lovely looking birds in excellent condition if they were the same ones...........

hi david ye they were pretty speical they were near the boddy and ridgewood stall ? ive been out off the game since 2002 wen i sold out my entire tem of janssens and my top team of tbo van loon van den boshe which were sold for a nice pretty sum nearly 20 k bk then lol but these van reets look and feell as gd or even better so we will see wat happens with them

yes ste, it will have been the same ones..........i also liked the van hee birds on show at their stall, the mealy especially.(maybe motta lines ???)

all in all id say there were some great birds there for sale, but also some which didnt really inspire me too much....

had a great day tho, and bought some products/medications etc so looking forward to maybe going again next year.

No probs David,
I thought I would just try and help and help Chris out, as he's just starting up.
This is my No1 site though.
Yep it got pretty hectic at times. Glad you enjoyed yourself mate.

yes gary, enjoyed it very much........we had a look at those old birds down the right hand side of your stall. were these yours ???

No they were Johnny Hulls birds, the older guy who was on the stall. Johnny is a good fancier in his own right
Johnny has the the other side.
He had some good birds on there this year, he too had a tremendous weekend, selling plenty of older ones.
We only went home with, five birds, selling out of youngsters, Ken bought a youngster from us and we are looking forward to his visit when he comes for his youngsters for the YB exchange.

ah right , the man i was with remarked on those birds of johnny hulls birds, he was familiar with them....this is why i asked.

yes ken is a good friend of mine......and a top bloke.

good luck ste and from what garys said you know what your doing so im sure you will do well with them