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| Margaret and I travelled through to Newmains in Lanarkshire for the sale of Billy Bilsland’s
pigeons. There was a good turnout of fanciers, with many coming from a good distance. Even as
far as Liverpool and a fancier who obviously lives in the UK but has a loft in China. The pigeons
were in excellent condition and to be honest sold themselves, as they were bred from the Scottish
National winners or were grandchildren from them. David McCaig did a wonderful job as
Auctioneer with fellow f...
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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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