A group of army veterans face losing their decades-old homing society after being served with an eviction notice.
Geoff Blackhall, 75, from Ellesmere Port, has been keeping pigeons for more than 65 years and is a member of the homing society based at The Royal British Legion (RBL) Club in Little Sutton. Geoff owns more than a hundred pigeons and says the birds are the "only things keeping him going" after losing his wife, who died after contracting coronavirus last year.
Despite a racing pigeon club having been based at the site for almost five decades, earlier this year, Geoff was notified that he would have to start paying £100 a month to use the Little Sutton branch's facilities. When Geoff queried the sudden demand for rent, the club secretary informed him that the RBL Regional Property Manager had deemed the building as unsafe, therefore meaning the homing society had to vacate the premises with all of their equipment by the end of September.
