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Members are urged to contact me with there details for inclusion in this page. Now that the website has recovered from its 'long sleep', I hope to include details of all members, with aviary photos etc - but this will require their co-operation.
This page is designed to tell folk about the members who regularly attend our monthly meetings. Such members are the backbone of the society and we take pleasure in publishing a small piece about them all. This page will be added to as the members appear at meetings. The entries are printed randomly as there is no "pecking order" at Sunderland BS!
I am looking to cover more, if not all, of our members on this page over the next few months and will ask those members to give me details that I can put on this page - see also the new announcement on the "What's On" page. I will email all members for their 'biographical details' and take pics of them at meetings -- not compulsory , of course !!
Eric Ward is former Vice Chairman and Minutes Secretary of the society
Telephone no 0191 5513790. E-mail: eric.ward4@ntlworld.com
Eric has been a budgerigar fancier "off and on for about 30 years"
He keeps a mixed collection, but largely favours Clearwings and has been an exhibitor in past years, showing as a Beginner. He appreciates the good mixture of interesting speakers that we attract to Sunderland BS meetings
Other interests - largely 'dabbling with computers'
Gerry has had a long, if interrupted association with the fancy, but since returning to our fold quite a number of years ago, he has been active in the work of the society , and particular in the storage and maintenance of the Northern BS staging, a service for which he was recently awarded the NBS Golden Bird for meritorious service
Other Notes to follow
Jack
Robertson joined the society in October 1958, along with John & Dave
Herring, and thus stands as 'Father of the House'.
Remains extremely interested in the fancy, but his reduced mobility prevents him following the hobby quite as actively as in past years. Jack was always extremely interested in Lutinos, but had his main success on the show bench with the more mainstream colours and had a series of Best Breeder in Show awards
Jack is stalwart in his support of the fancy,
As well as being a member of this club he is also a former long-standing committee member of the Northern BS
Dave Herring BS Code H1368, NBS Code NH167, Address 6 Chatsworth Street, Sunderland SR4 7TR Tel 0191-5673933, but this will change very shortly to 7 Angrove gardens, St Gabriel's Estate Sunderland SR4 7TB E-mail herring57@btinternet.com See also website www.herringbrosbudgerigars.co.uk
Took up the fancy in 1958, joined Sunderland BS the same year, the BS in 1959 and the NBS in 1962. Keen exhibitor and has shown as a Champion, for many years. Long-time judge. Likes all the normal varieties, plus Red-eyes, Dilutes and also keeps Spangles. Finds the dark factor birds, especially blues, particularly attractive. Recommends Sunderland BS as a friendly society looking to improve services to members. Main work for fancy is now in Publicity work for the fancy. Currently President of the Budgerigar Society. Other Interests include Church music (member of Church choir since 1954),reading and gardening, when time permits.
John Wanless BS code W6133 NBS code
NW19 started keeping pets at the early age of 10 years old. He writes
" my dad made me a rabbit hutch out of an old set of drawers...that's when
the livestock bug started. Since then I have had all sorts of pets from
exhibition mice to African Greys of which I hand-reared over 100 babies
including Amazons, Jardines, Meyer's, Red Bellied and Senegal parrots. Fancy
pigeons was a great hobby for 12 years of which I kept blowing breeds such
as Norwich Croppers, English Pouters, Pygmy Pouters and reverse-wing Croppers
to name a few and doing well on the show scene around the country.
EXTRACT FROM THE BUDGERIGAR SOCIETY'S PET BREEDERS' REGISTER
| Grant Findlay | FA75 | Northern | Berwick upon Tweed | 01289 331935 |
| Sandra Vickers | V559 | Northern | Bishop Auckland | 01388 608953 |
| Bernard Hodgson | H5841 | Northern | Carlisle | 01228 510528 |
| John Hunter | H5679 | Northern | Carlisle | 01228 547213 |
| J Higley | H5032 | Northern | Cockermouth | 01900 825112 |
| R Fairhurst | FC360 | Northern | Darlington | 01325 260456 |
| A & K Richards | R3641 | Northern | Ferryhill | 01740 653943 |
| Dennis Creighton | DWC1 | Northern | Maryport | 01900 819953 |
| John Fairbridge | FC375 | Northern | Middlesbrough | 01642 430401 |
| Gary Pringle | PE387 | Northern | Newcastle upon Tyne | 0191 264 5326 |
| Robert Toon | T3233 | Northern | Northumberland | 0191 250 1302 |
| Pat Thompson | PET1 | Northern | Penrith | 01768 899337 |
| K Sleightholm | S6837 | Northern | Redcar | 01642 479844 |
| Ian Cuthbertson | C5321 | Northern | South Hetton | 0191 526 1980 |
| Graeme French | GF2 | Northern | Sunderland | 07950 468455 |
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THIS SPOT IS WAITING THE NEXT MEMBER(S) TO
QUALIFY FOR INCLUSION (See opening pararaph) |
