Mexborough and Swinton Times October 21, 1927

As sportsmen pigeon fanciers seem to constitute a group to themselves, and perhaps that is the reason why so few people are acquainted with their little problems.

On the other hand if anything arises to disturb from public feeling in the realm of either cricket or football the world quickly knows about it.

Mr Charlesworth, secretary of the Wombwell and District Flying club, told me that pigeon fanciers are greatly concerned at the moment as to whether anything tangible come of the efforts to induce the railway companies to reduce their charges for carrying pigeons. This, he says, is a serious matter to the smaller clubs, most of whom members are working men to whom the question a few coppers more or less is an important item.

There is general feeling amongst fanciers, says Mr Charlesworth, that the cost of sending birds to races in different parts of the country is a hindrance to the development of the fancy.

He thinks that by reducing their charges are railway companies would actually benefit inasmuch as the traffic in feathered passengers would increase enormously.