THIS WEEK IN 1971: Walter the pigeon is feeling fed up
And he was hopping mad about it. Being 80 miles off course was enough to ruin the reputation of any self-respecting homing pigeon.
But Marie Boyd and her husband, of Selangor Avenue, were a great help – they gave him food and let him use their coal bunker as a loft.
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Hide AdMrs Boyd, pictured with Walter, said: ‘My 14-year-old son was delighted with the pigeon, and christened him after the film star [Walter Pidgeon].
‘But we think he is losing weight and want to find his owner.’
A telephone call from the offices of The News did just that.
At the Royal Homnig Union in Gloucestershire a number on Walter’s ring traced his owner to Essex.