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Jos Van Den Bosch of Berlaar (1895 - 1970) At Timbarra Lofts UK we thought it is long over due that some information on Jos Van Den Bosch himself and where his family of birds originated was documented, much speculation and assumptions have been made, along with some half truths and rumours, we hope we can make things a little clearer with some ...
- Oude Stamkoppel of Wouters-Meuleman
Also to note the Van Den Bosch bloodline runs through the...
- Oude Stamkoppel of Wouters-Meuleman
van den bosch In the war, here and there rumours travelled around, that someone from Berlaar had a kind of wonder pigeon: Van den Bosch was the source of this rumour. The same place where Janeke Wouters and Frans Mariën (Arendonk) got their famous ‘Oude van den Bosch.’
A son of ‘de Vurige’ became grandfather of the world famous ‘Oude van den Bosch’ the cock of the sensational breeding pair of Meulemans. Janssen Bros always claimed to have imported successfully only one pigeon, their so called ‘Halve Fabry B-60-1000863’.
It was in 1961 that Karel Meulemans and his father Jan went to purchase pigeons from Jos van den Bosch who lived in the little town of Berlaar. What many people do not know is that Van den Bosch was the fancier that the legendary Huyskens van Riel and his friend Rene Stijnen bought a round of eggs from.
Timbarra Lofts UK have as close to the original Wouters-Meulemans champions such as GOLDEN PAIR, OUDE VAN DEN BOSCH & JANSSEN DUIVIN as you can find anywhere in the world today, with regards to reaching our objectives we turned to the best lines we could find, we chose the lines of Herman Beverdam in combination with the old Babington ...
Also to note the Van Den Bosch bloodline runs through the famous Janssens of Arendonk and Gust Hofkens of Merksplas family of pigeons, so when karel brought these lines into his own on occassion he was infact bringing already distantly related material.
This Jos van den Bosch was the same who is responsible for the ‘Halve Fabry’, the pigeon that Janssen Brothers imported and crossed so successfully with theirs. Also the cock of the most famous breeding pair ever (the ‘Golden Pair’ of Meulemans) was a Van den Bosch pigeon.
