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Young lady in oriental clothing with a homing pigeon (19th century painting) Pigeon post is the use of homing pigeons to carry messages. Pigeons are effective as messengers due to their natural homing abilities. The pigeons are transported to a destination in cages, where they are attached with messages, then the pigeon naturally flies back to ...
In each episode, the recording was planted in a different place, such as a doctor’s office, behind an elevator control panel, or a pigeon coop on a roof. Some "mission drops" or methods of delivery, such as an out-of-order pay phone and a photo booth, were used more than once.
Pigeon keeping or pigeon fancying is the art and science of breeding domestic pigeons. People have practiced pigeon keeping for at least 5,000 years [1] and in almost every part of the world. In that time, humans have substantially altered the morphology and the behaviour of the domesticated descendants of the rock dove to suit their needs for ...
Wallace. Wallace is a middle-aged man who lives at 62 West Wallaby Street, Wigan, along with his dog Gromit. His last name is never given. He usually wears brown wool trousers, a white shirt, a red tie and a green knitted pullover. He is fond of cheese, especially Wensleydale, [1] and crackers . Nick Park, his creator, said: "He's a very self ...
Pigeon tower in Kavastu, Estonia (built 1869) A dovecote at Mazkeret Batya, Israel. A dovecote or dovecot / ˈdʌvkɒt /, doocot ( Scots) or columbarium is a structure intended to house pigeons or doves. [1] Dovecotes may be free-standing structures in a variety of shapes, or built into the end of a house or barn.
The springhouse, built in 1801, is located in the median of Tilden Street west of the barn. Issac Peirce built the barn for his farm complex. In 1971, the barn was used as an Art Gallery, operated by Associates of Artists Equity. [3] David Major, a counterintelligence adviser at the Reagan White House, ran a spy tour that claimed the pigeon ...
Interpines was a private hospital located in Goshen, New York, a village of three thousand inhabitants (in 1940). Interpines was founded in 1890 by F. W. Seward Sr. and subsequently directed by his son until closing in 1959. The core of the sanitarium was a Victorian mansion, which together with surrounding gardens provided a unique environment ...
On 18 August 1942, a day before the Dieppe raid, 'Dieppe' appeared as an answer in The Daily Telegraph crossword (set on 17 August 1942) (clued "French port"), causing a security alarm. The War Office suspected that the crossword had been used to pass intelligence to the enemy and called upon Lord Tweedsmuir, then a senior intelligence officer ...