Dennis Flood remembers the carrier pigeons that would be transported by train to Cardiff
Resource Type: Audio | Posted on 20th January 2011 by Jenny Porter
Dennis Flood Talks about the history of Edge Hill Station and in particular his own memories of the carrier pigeons being loaded onto the trains and taken to Cardiff. On one occasion the pigeons escaped and the staff were to be seen chasing them along the platform trying to catch them.
Interviewee: Dennis Flood
Interviewee Age: 59
Interviewee Address: South Wales
Date of Interview: 15th August 2009
Categorised under: The Station & Railway Pioneers
Comments
Only one error here…the pigeons would be transported to Craven Arms (about 20 miles south of Shrewsbury not Cardiff..!
They would be put onto the overnight train for Cardiff from Lime Street in those days (1960`s).
Marvellous..!