London Fancy

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Brave New World: the New London Fancy at the Stafford Show 2015

Posted on by Huw Evans 1 Comment
The 2015 edition of the National at Stafford was a breakthrough event for the New London Fancy.  It was a sight that has not been seen on the show bench for well over a century, and surely is a harbinger of greater things to come. There are times when if things need to happen then […]... Read More
FSS, Hope-FI

What’s in a name: the Fine Spangled Sort

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W. A. Blakston, the renowned Victorian author and judge, possessed a very old book that, in his opinion, contained “a deal of sound information on Canary matters”. He quoted extracts from it a couple of times in his chapters for Canaries and Cage Birds (1778-81), the greatest book ever written on canaries. Unfortunately the book had […]... Read More