George Bristow's Secret Freezer

My adventures in the (drum roll)... World of Birds! Clash! As nobody has been asking, I'll explain. George Bristow was a taxidermist at the hub of the Hastings Rarities scandal. From 1896 to 1939, hundreds of rare birds passed through his shop in St Leonards-on-Sea which he claimed were locally killed. They were later shown to be fraudulent. I'd like to think that at the back of his shop was a time machine linked to a freezer in another dimension, full of dead birds. You read it here first.

Wednesday, March 05, 2008

Problem postbag

Well comrades, I don't mind telling you I had a terrible night's sleep... tossing and turning and tossing etc. worrying about how the Torbay Budgerigar and Foreign Finch Society was going to bring itself into the 21st century. But to my delight.... I read in Cage and Aviary Birds today that the club has got itself a website. Maybe tonight I'll get some kip then. Go to www.torbaybfbs.com for the lowdown, and to download a FREE copy of the September 1973 issue of the Budgerigar Bulletin, including Barbara Perry's World-famous Problem Postbag. That's my public service announcement for today. I'm off for a bit of CBT on my sarcasm problem now.