50TH BY ALAN K JONES


ANNIVERSARY OF THE PARROT SOCIETY UK


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he morning continued with our prestigious speaker from the USA, Dr Mark Stafford. The atrocious weather


conditions of the day before had caused travel disruption for many of our guests, but none more so than Dr Stafford and his wife Marie. They flew in from America to London’s Heathrow on Friday morning to be told that their connecting flight to Manchester had been cancelled owing to the strong winds and heavy rain. A possible alternative of a train from Euston to Manchester was also cancelled because of a


BIRD SCENE


landslide. Eventually British Airways managed to fly this exhausted couple from Heathrow to Cork, and then back to Manchester, from where they caught a train to Chester. They arrived at their hotel at nearly 11.30 pm, with no luggage other than their carry-on bags – this had been misdirected amidst all the chaos! Fortunately their luggage was delivered to the hotel late on Saturday – after his presentation. The following morning saw Mark, bright- eyed and cheerful, walking round to the


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