"I reckon we oughda start our own pigeon club..."

​Pigeon racing was one of the biggest working-class recreational activities after the Second World War, and the Blakeney club had over one hundred members. Federations of clubs would send birds hundreds of miles in panniers to take part in ‘National’ competitions. Each pigeon carried a ring that would be ‘clocked’ by members and the distance between the owner’s loft and the release point would be calculated, allowing a winner to be declared, based on the speed of the pigeon. Here​ Kelvyn Jones describes his father's role in the founding of the Blakeney club after the War.​

"Proper cider, not what you get today mind..."

Kelvyn Jones describes his grandfather’s cider making at Pitching Green, Blakeney, and how the cider was 'strengthened'.​ 

"They could bring bottles and have it filled up..."
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Glenda Griffiths' grandparents and later her parents were licensees of the Bird in Hand public house in Broadwell. Here she describes the layout of the pub, the collection of beer in jugs and her parents attitude to the clientele.