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Whereas to me a headstall is the part of a bridle which the broadband fits onto. I'm pretty sure that somewhere I've got a book with a...

Lol, even my late mother who was head girl in a competition yard with rs attached said plaiting was out of date/vogue when she was...

Thank you you have just reminded me what they were called. First thing on a search for a Yorkshire halter turns up this...

I felt very smug when my friend 'who knows everything' had not heard of hot clothing when I suggested she hot cloth rather than bath for...

We had day beds and night beds. Everything had halters that were webbing noseband and head pieces, with a bit of fine twisted rope for...

This looks like the kind of halter I tie together with a lead rope/dog leash/any other piece of rope when unexpectedly catching a loose...

Set fair, a good thing to do and a nice term for it. Do people still say this?

As per other's comments, as a child also riding in the 60s and 70s, headcollars were webbing with one of 2 types of buckles, or posh...

And I'm just a few years younger than your mum, in W.Yorks, so not that regional! I wonder if this is a 'recollections may vary'...

Just checked with my mum (born 1951) and she said she always called them headcollars and the rope ones were halters (i still have some...

I've always done "quartering" but didn't know it had a name :D And chilled water to me, is water made extra cold, like with ice 🤣

this is what I call quartering too.