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#Post#: 6814--------------------------------------------------
norwood
DIR By: jnyce
Date: May 6, 2011, 9:27 pm
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who flies or no anybody that flies this line of birds and what
do u think about them
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Re: norwood
DIR By: jnyce
Date: May 7, 2011, 12:25 am
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its like pulling teeth to get a good conversation going around
here geesh
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Re: norwood
DIR By: glennE
Date: May 7, 2011, 9:37 am
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What do you want to know about them?
Glenn
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Re: norwood
DIR By: wannaroll
Date: May 7, 2011, 10:50 am
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My Spangles and my Kite family both go back to Homer Coderre and
Cornell Norwood. Cornell was known for having a lot of speed
with good depth. They tend to be on the easier side to manage.
Cornell focused on type, he would not breed from a bird that was
not the type he was looking for. There are a lot of birds from
Cornell around, but most are not pure anymore as it's been quite
some time since his death.
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Re: norwood
DIR By: jnyce
Date: May 7, 2011, 4:53 pm
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glen i just wanted to no different people perspective on them my
club president flies them he kept them pure he has had them
since the 70's i havent seen this line of birds until i saw
his and man they was nice fast and tight and alot of them have
boots on them but i just wanted to hear what other people
thought about the birds he speaks so highly of this strain i
see y he still gets birds from his brother elliot i believe but
i like those birds and they are deep ;D
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Re: norwood
DIR By: jnyce
Date: May 7, 2011, 4:54 pm
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thanks wanna roll so u told me the pros what are some of the
cons ??
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Re: norwood
DIR By: glennE
Date: May 7, 2011, 6:03 pm
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Cornell Norwood: Roller Pigeon Authority by Paul M. Gomez
Cornell Norwood was the founder of the BCRC, the Black Country
Roller Club, a group comprised of breeders and flyers of the
Birmingham Roller Pigeon, a breed of pigeon which originated in
the “Black Country” around Birmingham, England. The Birmingham
Roller is a highly developed aerial performer which turns
backwards somersaults, and is capable of spinning in excess of
ten revolutions per second and dropping 20 to 30 feet or more
before completing this performance. This breed is very popular
nationwide, as well as in Canada, Europe, South Africa and is
currently gaining popularity in Australia as well. Cornell
founded the BCRC in 1971. It is the oldest club of it’s kind
founded by an African - American, but has not been exclusively a
black organization, having had several members of other races.
From one time to another the club has extended from Simi Valley
to Yucaipa and Costa Mesa, but has had it’s roots and main
membership in the central Los Angeles area. Norwood founded the
club with the intent of having an organization which promoted
the high velocity spinning qualities of this breed above all
other considerations. There had been a trend toward a breakdown
in the performance of the breed, caused by breeding for show
qualities and for simultaneous performance type competition.
Cornell wished to do his part to combat this trend toward
degeneration of the breed. During his years as president of the
BCRC there were monthly meetings, which were true events, and
which often lasted well into the night. Lifetime friendships
have resulted from these associations. Our club (I was
Vice-President much of the time) had many competitions as well
as lawn shows which judged quality of the true spinning roller.
We started a new system of judging the pigeons, which is based
on speed, frequency, style and depth. Cornell was the most
knowledgeable American roller breeder I have ever met, from my
experience being eclipsed only by the famous Bill Pensom, of
England, who was the premier authority of the breed and who
imported the foundation of the breed to America. He could recite
the pedigrees of many hundreds of birds, often back to their
English origins. He was the complete fancier, and was an expert
breeder and flyer, and was the source of high velocity spinners
for a great many breeders. He had written many of his valuable
insights into the breed, which, after his death, his son Don
compiled as “The Aerial Performance of the Birmingham Roller”,
which is the only book of its kind written thus far by an
Afro-American. Cornell was a storehouse of knowledge about a
great many subjects, and was one of the most extraordinary men I
have ever met.
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Re: norwood
DIR By: jnyce
Date: May 7, 2011, 6:15 pm
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that was a nice piece glen
#Post#: 6833--------------------------------------------------
Re: norwood
DIR By: Joe Asaro
Date: May 7, 2011, 11:39 pm
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GennE......where did you come up with that. Dick Stevens Bill
Patrick Danny McKenzie and myself were banding Black Country
Roller in 1969 and Norwood was not in that club and he did not
start it.I have pedigrees showing 69 70 71 BCR year bands. :o
Joe
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Re: norwood
DIR By: glennE
Date: May 8, 2011, 9:05 am
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Hello Joe:
Very true on the BCR band with Dick Stephens & Company, the
bands we use and still are using is BCRC (Black Country Roller
Club)......Glenn
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