General Manager- Stewart Wardrop, visited a local school to talk to children about all things pigeon. The talk followed from the Primary School being entered into our free One Loft Race schools competition this year. The talk included interesting Pigeon history and facts about pigeons in war. The children got to hold a racing pigeon [...]
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Dickin Medals valued on Antiques Roadshow
RPRA General Manager, Stewart Wardrop, travelled to Stowe House in Buckingham for a recording of the BBC’s Antiques Roadshow. He took along with him for valuation Dickin Medals won by wartime carrier pigeons, and was interviewed by the programme’s militaria expert, Graham Lay. The clip will appear in the programme currently scheduled to be transmitted on [...]
‘Gustav’ to screen at Cannes Film Festival
A short film about World War II carrier pigeon and Dickin Medal winner, Gustav, will be shown in the Short Film Corner at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival in May. The RPRA was approached last year by Dennis Da Silva of film-makers ArtHertz in London, who were looking to film the story of the famous bird that delivered [...]
