1960 BSSA Show

BLAST FROM THE PAST

1960 BSSA ANNUAL SHOW

By Peter Glassenbury

I was able to read the contents of the Budgerigar Society of South Australia Yearbook for 1960 and thought I should share with current members some of the content of the showing schedule in that period. Of particular note from the figures below is the size and scale of the show and also the level of entries in classes that we now view as rarer variety birds.

Included was also an excerpt from the Treasurers report stating that – “ring sales fell from 41,700 in 1958 to 25,554 in 1959 and these factors contributed to a small show attendance”

Colour or Variety Class Numbers Old birds Young Birds
Light Green 1-2 42 39
Dark Green 3-4 19 27
Olive Green 5-6 10 8
Grey Green 7-8 17 18
Light Yellows 9-12 25 25
Sky Blue 13-14 43 42
Cobalt 15-16 23 36
Mauve 17-18 16 7
Violet 19-20 49 41
Grey 21-22 10 14
Albino 23-24 14 8
Lutino 25-26 42 31
Silver (B/E White) 27-28 6 7
Cinnamonwing 29-40 39 55
Cinnamon Yellow (Darkwing) 41-42 9 15
Opaline 43-52 22 18
Greywing 53-60 16 13
Pied Evenly Marked 61-72 17 25
Pied Unevenly Marked 73-84 50 57
Pied AOV 85-90 10 8
Fallow 91-98 17 21
Yellow Faced 99-102 7 4
Clearwing 103-116 28 43
AOV 117-118 4 5
Pairs 119 – 11
Ladies 120 – 6
Total 535 584

168 Pieds in one show – wow! Oh, how things have changed