Ambition in sport

yes have sent Darren a pm to see if his friend in Bristol  wants them if not i will keep them as have few 12 year old birds to replace

[quote="George & Morgan"]yes have sent Darren a pm to see if his friend in Bristol  wants them if not i will keep them as have few 12 year old birds to replace[/quot

Hope he does George be very interesting.

Read the BHW George, re balance sheet very interesting.

Raptor Alliance £166,313, benefit, more raptors than ever and we still do not know where we stand legally which should have been the first step..

A real financial mess if you go through the whole scenario.

Five member clubs run better than the lot running the RPRA.

Regards.

could not make my mind up when to wean them have done it just hope not too soon

better photo for Darren

2 ybs off the dark ch hen misty well pleased with them 

Lovely youngsters George, wish I was as fit.

Great pity you cannot race yourself.

Droppings spot on.

What happened with your OL entry fees ?.

Regards.

was told they were being refunded

single yb same way bred  under a foster pair is horrible misty

ive fostered two young birds once george, they wernt right good .......i wouldnt do it again.

although on the other hand ive put eggs under foster parents and the babies were just as they should be

i suppose its hit and miss with rearing foster babies .

Never bothered about weaning etc; with complete open loft just made sure they were rung and left the rest to nature, the parents know when to stop feeding their young.

Different with stock birds in a stock loft, but did away with them and the breeders had open loft with the racers

Regards..

the cock from this foster pair stopped feeding his ybs when 10 days old last year

reading a post on pigeonchat looks like racing is ok

George & Morgan wrote:

reading a post on pigeonchat looks like racing is ok

will be nice for all those fanciers who look forward to racing, i think it would have sickened a lot of pigeon fanciers off if there had been no racing .

have you read it David

no george ill have a look

George & Morgan wrote:

reading a post on pigeonchat looks like racing is ok

Glad to hear if that is so George all should be happy I suspect. More so than the dog men now in Wales, where I believe they are talking about banning grey hound type racing as a hobby/sport there apparently.

Knackered wrote:

George & Morgan wrote:

reading a post on pigeonchat looks like racing is ok

Glad to hear if that is so George all should be happy I suspect. More so than the dog men now in Wales, where I believe they are talking about banning grey hound type racing as a hobby/sport there apparently.

Brought new rules on using the whip in horse racing.

I actually agree the whip should not be used.

Greyhound racing not unlike our sport, problem too many bred and too few make the grade, what happens to the others ?.

Will not be long before some females suffering womans problems latch on to widowhood and how many pigeons are culled and others sent miles from their
homes.

Afraid our country has gone to the DOGS.

Regards.

never been a fan of horse racing and certainly not a fan of whipping the horses ........plus the grand national and the jumps i dont agree with either .

David wrote:

never been a fan of horse racing and certainly not a fan of whipping the horses ........plus the grand national and the jumps i dont agree with either .

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Looking back David over the past 87 years makes one want to cry at the manner humans have managed, ( through money and greed) to ruin nearly every sport imaginable, and everything else they have become involved in.

Our sport mainly involved miners, clubs with large memberships and not a lot of money involved.

More fun in village football, you had to live in the village to be a member of the team.

Same with cricket.


There were very few cars, our milk lady, and butcher, all had horse and carts.

There was WW2 but everyone mucked in to help each other.

There was very little crime and a murder would be talked about for months.

In my lifetime seen going from horse and cart to going to the moon and other planets, from guns to nuclear weapons capable of wiping everything out.

But I feel I have lived in the best period ever, pity the idiots in power have made any prospect of a future if left in their hands a pipe dream.

Roll on racing.

Regards.

would cry when mum make me go to school in shorts then i had to fight to get my son out of football shorts

George & Morgan wrote:

would cry when mum make me go to school in shorts then i had to fight to get my son out of football shorts

I was very lucky being the second son, I got my elder brothers grown out of's
my younger brother mine.

Must have been in my teens when got first long trousers.

But life was far more enjoyable than now.

No mobile phones, very few televisions, but numerous natural persuits including our own feathered friends.

What a cock up humans have made of matters.


Regards.

MISTY wrote:

George & Morgan wrote:

would cry when mum make me go to school in shorts then i had to fight to get my son out of football shorts

I was very lucky being the second son, I got my elder brothers grown out of's
my younger brother mine.

Must have been in my teens when got first long trousers.

But life was far more enjoyable than now.

No mobile phones, very few televisions, but numerous natural persuits including our own feathered friends.

What a cock up humans have made of matters.       


Regards.  

Same, same 2nd son etc. TV first landed here around 1956 Misty. Cost a small fortune I'm & a night out on the town for many folk was watching TV through the local TV store window well into the night at times. Many folk even brought along chairs & blankets it was that popular for the first few years, until the prices took a tumble & most then could afford to buy one for their house type thing.

Had gas lighting Knackered for years until they started with electric.

Wireless, run by battery and accumulator, chap changed them every fortnight, could listen to all the war events.

Gas mantles were a pain, and my dad went round several times a night checking that everything was OK.

Think the first television we had was hired on weekly basis, was big for the size of the screen, which was small.

Cannot remember us ever having a telephone.

My dad worked down the pit which at that time had advantages regarding rationing etc;


There was plenty to moan about would not have missed the experience of all working together for the common good, not like today, society gone to the dogs.

Regards.

if you lived in a city misty housing was much better than a town

we had a coal fire when i was a kid, tv was rented with a 50p coin box on the back, three or four channels i think, cant remember ......watched world of sport and played with scalextric with my dad while mam went shopping on a saturday , think i was about 17 - 18 when we got central heating and a house phone .....first car was a 1970 vauxhall viva hb in 1978.