Standards of Excellence & Pictorial Models.
What is the relationship between Standards of Excellence (SE) and Pictorial Models (PM)? The question raises a few points of interest when you take into account the comparison method and the points system of judging. Canary breeds have a SE and a PM which give a guide and reference point for the breeding of exhibition […]
Gloster’s Centenary Show Year 1925 – 2025
In 1920 Mrs Rogerson from Gloucestershire, a lady with a firm belief that “all things that were small were beautiful.” became very interested in canaries and in particular the Crest and Crest bred birds. She very strongly disliked all the excessive amount of long uncontrolled feather that this type of canary had and felt that […]
Gloster Colour Debate – Continuing Saga
The Gloster Colour debate in Cage & Aviary moves on: December 18/25 2024 • Cage & Aviary Birds The Colour Debate: Prior Blogs: Gloster Colour Debate – New Colours and the Gloster. New Colour Gloster Canary 26th April 2021 Any Other Colour – GFCC Opinion – 14th June 2022 The Gloster Colour Debate – A Middlemiss […]
Gloster Colour Debate – New Colours and the Gloster.
The Gloster Colour debate in Cage & Aviary moves on with further response from Steven Chennells in Cage & Aviary Publication September 18th 2024 I REFER to the debate to which Paul Burnett contributed in his letter of February 21. With any debate, we all should have an informed choice, then let individuals decide. As […]
Gloster Colour Debate – Gloster Q & A Rene Alssema
In my recent letter to Cage and Aviary Birds, among the points I tried to make was not making assumptions based on blind assumption! It may well be that I have been as guilty of this as the next man. For all of my twenty-five years with Glosters, when the subject of “new colours” is […]
Gloster Colour Debate – Colours and ‘Pure Breeding’
The Gloster Colour debate in Cage & Aviary moves on with further response to Steven Chennells letter regarding “New colour Glosters”. 1920 Gloster Reminder of the Gloster breed evolution. The Gloster only happened because different breeds of canary where crossed together to provide the starting platform for today’s bird. 2024 Gloster I cannot allow the […]
Gloster Colour Debate – C & A Letters Response
In response to Steven Chennells letter regarding “New colour Glosters”. New Colour Glosters – S Chenelles As a starting point in this debate maybe we need to recognise how the Gloster Canary was created. Around a hundred years ago the Gloster canary did not exist. Though, thankfully, the vision to create it did. 1920 Gloster […]
Gloster Colour Debate – Cage & Aviary
Cage & Aviary Letters – THE ‘NEW COLOUR’ GLOSTER CANARIES I REFER to the Club News report in Cage & Aviary Birds, January 17, headed “New colour Gloster classes a first for club”.Please let me clarify by saying that there are no recent colours changes within the Gloster breed standard classification! This was established long […]
Northumbrian Supremacy – 2004 thru 2012
As one of the partners in the highly successful team of Middlemiss and Thompson, Austin Middlemiss produced a Cage & Aviary Birds mini-series where he reminisced about birds that have stuck in his mind over the years and of course in his words ….it’s only right and proper that I finish as I began, with […]
100 years of the Gloster in Pictures [1920-2020].
It does us all good to reflect on things past. Doing so enables us to make changes to “modernise” “bring things up to date” “correct past inadequacies” and ensure that whatever we are reflecting upon and considering changing is, or will be, “fit for purpose” One such item is the Gloster Standard Pictorial – not […]