Wherever there were workers, there were their caged songbirds warbling away, their cages carefully hung close to their owner’s work. Later each cage would be shrouded in a bright, Bird cage maintenance during a break
Competition birds and cages in the boatyard made-to-measure cover before being speeded off on its owner’s motorbike (one hand for the bike and the other tenderly treasuring the cage) to its next competition. These took place during lunch Setting up the competition site in the village
breaks with quite large amounts of money at stake – not only for the best song, apparently, but also for the best cage, many hand-made with great skill and patience. 50