The 45th annual BHW Show of the Year – and the 40th anniversary of the first show to be held at Blackpool – took place last weekend. The largest gathering of pigeon fanciers in the UK descended on the Winter Gardens for the two-day event that has something for everyone, whether you are a veteran […]
The British Homing World Show of the Year 2016 – the largest gathering of pigeon fanciers in Great Britain – took place over the weekend 16th/17th January at The Winter Gardens, Blackpool. Around 15,000 visitors saw more than 2000 racing pigeons and 1000 fancy pigeons on display, and more than 100 trade stands exhibiting everything […]
Jennifer Spangler has produced a very interesting blog on World War 2 Military Intelligence and in particular the use of carrier pigeons for the return of messages from agents in occupied Europe. The blog features scans of many documents – most highly secret at the time – which tell the story of the contribution that carrier […]
Graham Fellows, in the guise of celebrity comedian John Shuttleworth, and antiques expert Paul Laidlaw visited the RPRA One Loft at Tewkesbury to film a piece for an episode of the BBC series Celebrity Antiques Road Trip. In addition to filming various items of historic pigeons in war memorabilia, John also gave a live performance […]
The British Homing World Show of the Year 2015 – the largest gathering of pigeon fanciers in Great Britain – took place over the weekend 17th/18th January at The Winter Gardens, Blackpool. 15,000 visitors came to see the more than 2000 racing pigeons and 1000 fancy pigeons on display, and more than 100 trade stands […]
See this remarkable set of action photographs taken by Chris Sutton last week. Our thanks to Chris for the images. You can visit his website at www.racing-pigeon-media.com Click on a thumbnail below to view the full gallery.
Here is a selection of famous people who have kept pigeons, courtesy of Lee Fribbins: Noah – may not have raced pigeons because of the lack of competitors, but we know he raised them Roy Rogers – his pigeons may have helped inspire “Happy Trails” King Edward VII, King George V, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II […]
We reported back in July on comedian-author-explorer Tim FitzHigham’s visit to the RPRA One Loft in an attempt to recreate a bizarre 18th Century bet. The resulting light-hearted programme was aired on BBC Radio 4 on Sunday evening, 17th February – you can listen to it here. Tim told the RPRA: “I do hope you enjoy it. […]
Brian Cheetham of Irlam, Manchester, sent us this photo of members of Cadishead DFC, Eccles & Winton HS and Flixton & Urmston FC setting out on a coach trip to the first Show of the Year at Worcester Racecourse in January 1972. Brian is now nearly 80 years old but still maintains an interest in pigeons. […]
The BHW Show of the Year 2013 took place at The Winter Gardens, Blackpool, over the weekend Saturday/Sunday 19th/20th January. Despite the snow lying across the country, a large crowd still braved the journey to Lancashire and made the most of the various events. Our congratulations to all of the prize winners, particularly Mr & Mrs G Thresher […]
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