Please watch the video in fullscreen mode to enjoy at its best.

The owner of the "King of Rome" was from a Derby family of Pigeon fanciers, Charlie Hudson was born in the 1870s, in 1913 his short-distance racing pigeon won a race from Italy to Derby which made it a much sort after bird.

If you enjoyed the song that was inspired by the story then a CD of his work can be bought from the singers website :
thekingofrome.com/

Hopefully within the next couple of months you should be able to buy a childrens book Illustrated by Hans Saefkow.
Follow the links in the web feature below for more details.

To learn more about this famous pigeon see :
derbyphotos.co.uk/features/kingofrome/

Normally when I create videos I have to find suitable music to fit but this project was different as I was given the music and had to find suitable images to help tell the story. I found this an enjoyable challenge which I think I've managed quite well.

I would like to thank the following people for allowing use of their images in this show :

Sammis Co flickr.com/photos/earthslings
Liz b flickr.com/photos/redxdress
Bob Knight flickr.com/photos/bramblejungle

I would also like to thanks Dave Sudbury, Derek Palmer,
Christopher Harris and Nick Moyes.

Lo-fi version on YouTube :
uk.youtube.com/watch?v=y97SXJR8cVo

There is even a fullscreen Downloadable slideshow version for PC's with fast 3D video cards (Show is 15Mb):
beechbrook.com/pte/downloadfile.asp?id=1616

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