We first encountered these delightful animals when we were newly arrived. In 17 years, almost 400 came through our gates. Sometimes the noise they made woke us up extremely early. Until we could find land away from our house in the Troodos foothills, we kept the unwanted donkeys we had “collected” close to home, like on a plot next to the house. I understand bets are taken on which pigeon gets home first. I took this in 1991 in the West of England. Here are two men at the point of releasing their pigeons, to fly back home 25 kms away. The majority do find their way back successfully. They are often taken considerable distances away – even across the English Channel to France. These birds are trained to be taken away from home and then, by instinct, to find their own way back to their “residence” (“loft”). Of the pictures on this page, four are mine and the vines and beef photos are library.Ī great sporting pastime of the English, especially in the industrial cities of the north, is the breeding of what are called “homing pigeons”. Today, of course, keeping a picture collection is easier than it ever was because all the images can be kept on a computer (making sure, of course, that they are all carefully copied on to a separate disc, in case of accidents). Far more than a diary (especially if captioned properly) photos bring back people and places that have almost faded from memory. Language: eng.For more than 50 years I have taken a camera with me on trips short ones and long ones. EXTRA 10 DAYS APART FROM THE NORMAL SHIPPING PERIOD WILL BE REQUIRED FOR LEATHER BOUND BOOKS. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. If it is multi volume set, then it is only single volume, if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. As these are old books, we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. This book is printed in black & white, sewing binding for longer life, Printed on high quality Paper, re-sized as per Current standards, professionally processed without changing its contents. Reprinted in 2020 with the help of original edition published long back. CHOOSE ANY LEATHER COLOR OF YOUR CHOICE WITHOUT ANY EXTRA CHARGES, JUST OPEN &"View Larger Image"&"BUTTONBELOWTHEBOOKIMAGEANDMAILUSYOURCHOICE.Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden Leaf Printing on round Spine. 50TH ANNIVERSARY LIMITED PERIOD DISCOUNT OFFER. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Each page is checked manually before printing. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. NO changes have been made to the original text. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
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