Albert Babington, Maestro of the Midlands.

Albert Babington known as Maestro of the Midlands for his formidable team of Janssen Van Den Bosch, this fancier desimated the Midlands area on the racing scene from 1975 until 2020 that's 45 years of being at the top, with a small break inbetween when Albert moved to Spain, but as soon as he returned so did the results !

Albert made the Janssen-Van Den Bosch the most sought after strain or family of birds in the UK in the mid 70s, he was the fancier who established the foundations of an absolute Dynasty which still remains today.

In 2008 Albert Babington visited the stud and took 12 Van Den Bosch youngsters bred by myself away with him to grace his stock loft, in later years Albert has had more youngsters bred again by myself.

Altogether 19 pigeons bred by Timbarra lofts UK have graced the Albert Babington lofts in Elford. Subsequently from 2008 until Alberts Passing in 2021 we became firm friends. 

The lines were then crossed by Albert with other strains to blend a modern day family of birds upto the time of his entire clearance sale in Dudley on 1st November 2020.

This sale indicated an end of an Era and a chapter closed on the career of one of the greatest pigeon fanciers the world has ever seen, and be missed Greatly.

We have the old original  pure lines which go back to 1975 and these are the lines which set Midlands record books alight, breaking all records in the Midlands area, We own the base of the old Wain Lea Stud Van Den Bosch, George Litherland paid £14.000 for Alberts best 9 pigeons when he left the sport to emigrate to Spain, so the best went to Wain Lea Stud, who sold their entire Van Den Bosch collection to John Kirk, who sold his best ever producers to us, and those bloodlines still run within our lofts today, closer than anywhere else in the World .YOU WILL FIND THE OLD 1975 BLOODLINES OF ALBERT BABINGTON RIGHT HERE AS WELL AS THE NEW MAESTRO LINE !

Alternatively we purchased in 2025 a direct son of Alberts 2nd Open National Fourges winner  GB14Z13333 (VDB) when paired to GB13Z05146 (Unknown) this cock named "Maestro 054"  of Old Van Den Bosch origins is now firmly placed in the lofts here at Timbarra.