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The following article was published in the Birmingham Evening Mail on Oct 25, 1969:

"Income tax inspector Mr. Glynne Wood got the bird as he walked to his home in Stechford...

For a pigeon landed on his head.

Mr. Wood, of Flaxley Road, Stechford, took the bird off his head, but it flew back on again.

That was 3 days ago, and now every time Mr. Wood approaches his home the pigeon returns to land on his head.

Mr. Wood, 48, said, 'The bird is only happy when it is on my head. I even shave and eat with it there. We visited friends for coffee the other night and the pigeon went as well.

“I think it must have been somebody’s pet. My friends at work refuse to believe me. The neighbours look at me very strangely as I walk down the road with the bird on my head.'

His wife, Dorothy, said:

'Every time I go near Glynne, the pigeon flaps its wings and coos angrily at me. Sometimes it tries to peck me. I could understand if he brought 17 year old birds home from the office but a pigeon.'"

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In 1969, tax inspector Glynne Wood accepted the fact that a pigeon was living on his head.