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| Two of the Greatest Pigeons to race in the SNFC
‘Fortune Lady’ & ‘Kingdom Spirit’
I have been working on accumulating details on two of the Greatest Pigeons ever to race into Scotland. I know this is a strong statement to make but I hope when you have read this article you will agree with me that these 2 birds are truly exceptional. The first Scottish National Flying Club race was flown in 1894 and throughout this historical time there have been some truly outstanding pigeons that hav...
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| Joe Murphy’s Seven of the Best -Part 3
George Rankin & son Gareth’s Old Grizzle Hen
I had hoped that this story could have been covered in three parts, however the more I
worked on it and the more information I detected, it was obvious this could not be done.
Hence part three, is dedicated exclusively to the Old Grizzle Hen SU83 L 11945 raced by
George and Gareth Rankin of Blantyre in Lanarkshire, as I feel she is worth the space in
the press. I want fanciers to enjoy reading about t...
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Articles by Keith Mott and Chris Sutton
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| The Joe Murphy’s Column
Seven of the Best Part 2 (First Published in 2004)
Re-Typed February 2022
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Tom McEwen’s Marlene’s Boy
The next two pigeons in my story are both related- Marlene’s Boy and Fortune
Lady are both grandchildren of Tom McEwen’s 4th open SNFC Rennes winner.
Let start at the beginning; Tom McEwen flew in partnership with his late father
and his brother Archie as McEwen & Sons in Elphinstone Homing Society. They
had a very good blue hen wheat was bred down ...
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| When the Editor Cameron Stansfield asked me to pick my top six pigeons, (that I wish I could have in my own loft) I thought about it for a while. I kept going over some of the outstanding pigeons that I have been privileged to handle during my time within the sport. It was therefore going to be a very difficult task to narrow this down to just six birds. I was also aware that, no matter my choice of pigeons, someone would dispute my selection. However, the Editor had asked me to compile the stor...
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BY T BEROKOFF
WELCOME RAVENS AND HENS!
This third installment about our raven feeding success is to include a picture of the feeder along with some details about it. Yesterday we had an entire flock of ravens in our grove. By flock I mean between 20-30 ravens! Today it’s raining and I think they must have known to stock up on food.
The raven platform has two feeders, one intended for the smaller birds who visit the feeder, such as blue jays, swallows, robins, woodpeckers, an...
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