Young Big man he's passed away now thought I share it .

[Anthony webster]

Young Big man
Bred by me raced by Ted Cook Orpington Kent
He's Sire was Big man a de Meyer that won Wolverhampton fed and was of Jurgen x blue velvet
He's dam was my no1 hen a lambrecht that Jesus bred over 30x1st fed we never counted club wins there g children that have won 3x1st amal just a dream pigeon.

Young Big man won
3x1st fed that was mid Kent and Surrey fed
3x2nd fed landing with winner
1st Bromley open ,open to all Surrey fed members and more .

[Anthony webster]

Horrible when one like that goes
Gets you for days
I lost my ugly cock this winter he had 5 club wins 2 fed wins lots of other fed cards i remember him winning the fed from Newton Aycliffe in a SE wind on a boiling hot day like it was only yesterday
Bred a yearling that won the fed this year

Ted must be gutted to lose such a good pigeon
Very sad

He lost him a while ago Neil but Ted been fighting cancer pal I'm going down next Sunday see him
I lost my 2nd nat hen Sunday n Ted sent me that photo of he's big man ,says best gift pigeon he was ever given,
Sorry to hear about ya ugly cock pal .

[Anthony webster]

Sorry to hear that mate
I remember Ted off chat
He was a nice man we spoke on the phone a few times only kept a few cocks I believe

Ya best small team player iv ever met or known pal ,,he taught me how to race cocks but I just love hens so awkward for me ,but Ted was unreal m8 over 30 plus first opens when it was whole of Kent flying to worse position in fed n bk then 2000 to 4000 birds
Ted's type of fella that will cull n eliminate to the finest details but Jesus him in he's prime would send 8 cocks n get 4 or 5 together to top fed against drag n wind man is a legend locally.

[Anthony webster]

Excellent top fancier
From memory I think he said he didn’t often race his young cocks

No hardly ever raced em pal ,but he would put them on a Monday training wagon few times 600 birds coming in two area n put then on midweek couple times normally in late May early June before all the yb sickness n he would train them 20 miles any direction he fetch them out as yearlings n thrash everyone pal ,,man as a way with widowhood cocks they would fly through you on Saturday if u stood in door way.

[Anthony webster]

Ya he was a good one Mike the original big man I had to kill in 2019 he's body went on him that year ,,

[Diamond Dave]

Horrible when one like that goes
Gets you for days
I lost my ugly cock this winter he had 5 club wins 2 fed wins lots of other fed cards i remember him winning the fed from Newton Aycliffe in a SE wind on a boiling hot day like it was only yesterday
Bred a yearling that won the fed this year

Ted must be gutted to lose such a good pigeon
Very sad

He lost him a while ago Neil but Ted been fighting cancer pal I'm going down next Sunday see him
I lost my 2nd nat hen Sunday n Ted sent me that photo of he's big man ,says best gift pigeon he was ever given,
Sorry to hear about ya ugly cock pal .

Wish yer mate well with his fight with the big C Ant.

[Anthony webster]

Ya 2012 that cock I think was bred because no1 hen was a yearling with colin fagg cock they was together a Yr n I give colin he's cock back the following Yr there children topped feds for me n colin n colin won combine as well with one so 2013 they was put bk together after the Yr big man had with no1 hen ,,the no1 pair stayed together many seasons then ,2014 big man went to arthur farrah I packed in for 3 yrs while my dad had lung cancer 2017 I started bk and Arthur give me big man bk .

[Anthony webster]

Will do dave

[Anthony webster]

My best birds each season are a blend of
Lambrecht, de Meyer, vd brand ,Franz laereman
Same stuff Yr in Yr out comes good for me ,iv still got some great de Meyer blood here

[Anthony webster]

One thing I don't like about de Meyer if you don't get them on day of liberation not many work in afterwards I know when there missing at dark it's normally curtains for them ,,the lambrecht laereman blood gets up early again next morning n trys getting home I think the de Meyer fly there self to complete death ,,in one way u know they give everything in another way bloody hurts when ya missing a good one.