MY FIRST ASSOCIATION WITH LIVESTOCK WAS WHEN I WAS SIX YEARS OLD WE HAD TO MOVE FROM A LARGE HOUSE CALLED PARK HOUSE SITUATED IN THE PARK AT WESTCOTT PLACE IN SWINDON WERE MY FATHER WAS HEAD GARDENER HE HAD DIED AND THE HOUSE CAME WITH THE JOB SO WE MOVED TO A COUNCIL HOUSE IN PINEHURST ROAD IN THEM DAYS BY HORSE AND CART WE HAD A NEIGHBOUR THAT HAD A LOT OF LIVESTOCK SO I GOT VERY INTRESTED IN THE END WORRIED MY  MUM UNTILL SHE LET ME HAVE SOME BANTAMS ME AND THE NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOUR WENT UP TO THE CATTLE MARKET IN OLDTOWN SWINDON WERE HE PURCHASED SIX BANTAMS FOR ME THAT WAS THE START FROM THERE I MOVED ON TO RABBITS BREEDING THEM FOR THE TABLE AND SUPPLYING THE LOCAL BUTCHER MAKING A BIT OF POCKET MONEY IT THEN WENT TO ALL SORTS OF AVIARY BIRDS AT ABOUT 12YEARS OLD STARTED WORKING FOR A LOCAL FARMER MILKING ABOUT 20 COWS BY HAND BEFORE GOING TO SCHOOL IN THE MORNING AND WHEN I GOT BACK FROM SCHOOL IN THE EVENING WORKING ON THE FARM GAVE ME LOTS OF EXPERIENCE WITH OTHER  LIVESTOCK.  HE WAS ALSO A HORSE DEALER SO PART OF MY JOB WAS TO BREAK IN  HORSES HE HAD PURCHASED FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY WELL BY THE TIME I HAD LEFT SCHOOL I WAS INTRESTED IN THE OTHER BIRDS GOT MARRIED TO A WONDERFUL GIRL BUT LIKE MOST OF US THE BUG FOR KEEPING LIVESTOCK CAME AGAIN SO WENT BACK INTO RACING PIGEONS FOR A FEW YEARS WON LOTS OF WONDERFULL RACES INCLUDING NATIONAL SECTIONS AND CLASSICS AS WELL BECAME A PROFESSIONAL GREYHOUND TRAINER HAD MY OWN SCHOOLING TRACK THE SAME SIZE OF ABBEY STADIUM IN SWINDON  TRAINED DOGS FOR TOP BUISNESS PEOPLE TRAVELLED ALL OVER THE COUNTRY TO OPEN RACES ONE OF THE  BEST OPEN RACES TO WIN WAS THE PRODUCE  STAKES AND THE GOLDEN CREST WITHIN 2 MONTHS OF EACH OTHER THAT WAS IN 1991 AT EASTVILLE STADIUM BRISTOL BOTH WON WITH THE SAME DOG THAT HAS NEVER EVER BEEN ACHIEVED BY ANY OTHER TRAINER AFTER SOME HEALTH PROBLEMS WENT BACK INTO BUDGERIGARS IN 2001 IN 2003 WON MY SECTIONS IN THE LAST NATIONAL SHOW AT BIRMINGHAM  ENTERED 10 BIRDS HAD 8 FIRSTS 2 SECONDS WELL THATS JUST A PART OF WHAT I HAVE DONE SO FAR  ALL THE VERY BEST TO YOU ALL     MICK-DELLER