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A TRIBUTE TO ERIC LOWERY OF FAVERSHAM by Keith Mott - 28-12-23

A TRIBUTE TO ERIC LOWERY OF FAVERSHAM.

I was very sad to receive a phone call from Mal Google in late December informing of the passing of Eric Lowery, who was an outstanding pigeon racer all his life. Les was a lovely man and passed after a long illness at the age of 88 years old. The name Les Stevens has been a ‘house hold’ name in the Kent pigeon fancier for a great many years, as he has won it all at the top level with his pigeons in his over 70 years in the sport. Les Stevens had a brilliant silent pigeon partner in his good friend, Eric Lowery and told me, ‘Eric was the same age as me, 88 years old in 2023. He was a very good fancier for many years and raced south road with the Chatham and Gillingham clubs. Many premier positions were won over many years in the sport with a small team of pigeon raced on the natural system. Eric was a first class carpenter all his working life and in the later in years was a site manager for a big building firm, marking out the houses for large estates. He was a keen pigeon trainer and quite often took his Dr Rigg / Barker birds for a 40 mile toss before going to work. Eric lived in Faversham and was a great help in the management of our winning team of pigeons here at Elm Farm. Being a carpenter, Eric kept the lofts in good order and our good friend, Malcolm Gogle has recently painted the lofts. We kept one another enthusiastic about the pigeons and the local scribe; John Samson calls Eric and me, ‘The Plough Boys’. Eric was a really good friend’. The late, great Eric Lowery. RIP.

KEITH MOTT (28th December 2023)