| Re: 104 year old B&G? (Here is a picture of her) - CLICK HERE for the Pet Manual Forum Home Page |
| Alex Clayton |
"nm2112" <nm2112@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:65084436.0401201332.82608fc@posting.google.com...
> This acticle has a picture.
>
> http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/a...RTICLE_ID=36676
Poor girl does look her age <G>
Great story though, thanks for posting her pic.
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| Toucanldy |
> Churchill's daughter says
> 104-year-old parrot not her father's
>
>
> The daughter of Sir Winston Churchill
> has rubbished stories
> that a 104-year-old parrot in Surrey
> belonged to her father.
>
> Lady Soames says the blue and gold
> macaw at the centre
> of the story wasn't owned by her
> father, as he only ever
> owned an African grey parrot.
>
> According to Peter Oram, who owns the
> Heathfield Nursery
> near Reigate where Charlie lives, the
> bird was hatched in
> 1899 and Churchill had taught it rude
> words.
>
> Mr Oram said the bird learned several
> short expressions
> from Churchill, beginning with the
> F-word and followed by
> 'Hitler' or 'the Nazis'.
>
> But Lady Soames says that isn't true.
> She said: "I am fed up
> with this story that my father taught
> it rude words. He only
> ever had an African grey parrot and it
> certainly did not talk."
>
> Mr Oram says his father-in-law Percy
> Dabner sold the bird
> to Sir Winston Churchill at his pet
> shop in Croydon shortly
> before World War II.
>
> Mr Oram said he got Charlie and other
> birds from
> Churchill's country home in Chartwell,
> Kent, after his death
> in 1965.
>
> However, staff at the house, now run
> by the National Trust,
> say there are no records of a blue and
> gold macaw fitting
> Charlie's description, reports the
> Daily Mail.
> http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_857574.html
Regards
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