Hello East Midlands!

Hello, I was born in Northamptonshire then moved to Nottingham, just moved to a gorgeous cottage south Nottingham way. Close to Melton etc also and only 9 miles to Loughborough from my new house. Spend most of my life stuck in traffic on the Nottingham ring road though :)
 
Mosh said:
I'm another loughborough one! On the outskirts of shelthorpe to be precise. I am however NOT from shelthorpe!
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Is it still known as 'Smelly Shelly'? :D
(used to be so called because the municipal tip was just behind it...)

BTW - am I allowed to pop in here? I was born in Lufbra...
 
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ha! I don't think its been called Smelly Shelly for ages! There is a doctors on the old tip now and a park thats a little bit rough round the edges but its just good old Shelly now.

Its not as bad as it used to be, but there is some excitement now and then!
There is a group of lads walking around claiming they are the Shelly Soldiers but they are about 12...they go home when you tell them too :P
 
Mosh said:
ha! I don't think its been called Smelly Shelly for ages! There is a doctors on the old tip now and a park thats a little bit rough round the edges but its just good old Shelly now.

Its not as bad as it used to be, but there is some excitement now and then!
There is a group of lads walking around claiming they are the Shelly Soldiers but they are about 12...they go home when you tell them too :P
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Lol! I first rode at a place there called Parklands Riding School, 42 years ago... we kept our first horses there too, and we used to ferret round the tip finding old house doors to make into stable doors... and the brook which ran off the tip was our only source of water - you had to fish out the tadpoles in spring when you filled the water buckets...

There was a sweet shop I used to visit there every Saturday night after stables were over, to buy my brother a quarter of a pound of Macintosh toffees, fish and chips for us all and a bottle of Dandilion and Burdock... we would go home and watch Dr Who on the little black and white portable (well, brother and sister would... I'd be behind the settee).

Happy days! :):)
 
Mosh said:
I'm another loughborough one! On the outskirts of shelthorpe to be precise. I am however NOT from shelthorpe!
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I think we live quite near each other. I'm on the Grange Park estate beside Woodthorpe.

Mrs B. If it's the Parklands just off Forest Rd then it's still there. My daughter booked me a lesson there to get me started a few years ago but I didn't go back.
I used to live the other side of the landfill site on Beacon Road, and yes, it still smells in Summer. Small world :)
 
TrasaM said:
I think we live quite near each other. I'm on the Grange Park estate beside Woodthorpe.

Mrs B. If it's the Parklands just off Forest Rd then it's still there. My daughter booked me a lesson there to get me started a few years ago but I didn't go back.
I used to live the other side of the landfill site on Beacon Road, and yes, it still smells in Summer. Small world :)
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Yup, that Parklands! I have pictures of the yard there from 1970's to 1980's... taught me a lot in many ways...

I used to cycle on Beacon Road every day of my childhood, to Cross Hill Lane, to Parkhill Drive, to the yard and lived just round the corner from you, on Outwoods Road.

Hello! :D
 
Mrs B said:
Yup, that Parklands! I have pictures of the yard there from 1970's to 1980's... taught me a lot in many ways...

I used to cycle on Beacon Road every day of my childhood, to Cross Hill Lane, to Parkhill Drive, to the yard and lived just round the corner from you, on Outwoods Road.

Hello! :D
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Lol.. Hello :D it's not changed much. The landfill is still untouched and I guess William Davis will build on it one day. I lived there for years before I realised there was a stables on Forest Rd.
 
TrasaM said:
Lol.. Hello :D it's not changed much. The landfill is still untouched and I guess William Davis will build on it one day. I lived there for years before I realised there was a stables on Forest Rd.
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I first went there in 1970... I was 3. I had orange wellies and rode a pony called Turpin who was about 30 then, so HE would've been born before the 2nd World War.... *suddenly feels very old* :o
 
Looking for a yard to rent or livery for eight horses...


Any suggestions folks?

Need:

Turnout 365;
No ragwort!;
School;
Flat hacking (at least as an option);
Fatties paddock;
Good grazing for silly DWB and TB, who can drop weight at the whiff of a hat;
Will take an eight month old colt (who currently has no idea what his bits are for!). Will be having the chop;
Trailer/lorry parking;
Space for gear (we have a lot of gear lol);
Don't mind if fodder and bedding to be bought in or from on-site, so long as on-site is suitable and not silly prices;
Must be able to use own farrier, saddler, vet, instructor, etc.;
Seven mile radius of Jnc 25 of the M1.

So, not asking for a lot really... :cool: Just somewhere safe and sane to keep our horses, where we can enjoy them and know all is okay.

Forgot to say: would be open to buying or renting; also happy if it's a bigger place to rent as have a number of friends who'd like to join us.
 
TrasaM and Mrs B. I'm just off shelthorpe road, at the grammer School end :) I used to ride at parklands when I was little and went back for work experience in 2006/7. It was still around then but not heard from there in a while. I remember Honey, Freda, Zara, Chico, Cherry, Charity, Charlie, Buster, Poppy (?) Phantom.
Some happy days there.
I also think I know which sweet shop you mean, at the roundabout? Sold multicoloured sherbet, called Ralphs?

Did anyone also ride with Dawn at stanford on Soar? I LOVED it there!
 
Mosh said:
TrasaM and Mrs B. I'm just off shelthorpe road, at the grammer School end :) I used to ride at parklands when I was little and went back for work experience in 2006/7. It was still around then but not heard from there in a while. I remember Honey, Freda, Zara, Chico, Cherry, Charity, Charlie, Buster, Poppy (?) Phantom.
Some happy days there.
I also think I know which sweet shop you mean, at the roundabout? Sold multicoloured sherbet, called Ralphs?

Did anyone also ride with Dawn at stanford on Soar? I LOVED it there!
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Wow! Blast from the past! Of those I remember Honey, Freda, Zara (funny little no-tail!), Charity, Poppy and Phantom...When were you first there?
 
I first started in the summer of 1996.

Strawberry!!! I remembered her all of a sudden!
And shadiek? Funny roan coloured one i think.

If i remember correctly
Gemma was Honeys daughter
and Zara was Chico's Mum.
Charity also had Farella.
There was also Holly and Lilly

My mum rode there and rode a pony called Mustard?

One there called Trigger too!

I'm getting over excited now lol
 
Mosh said:
TrasaM and Mrs B. I'm just off shelthorpe road, at the grammer School end :) I used to ride at parklands when I was little and went back for work experience in 2006/7. It was still around then but not heard from there in a while. I remember Honey, Freda, Zara, Chico, Cherry, Charity, Charlie, Buster, Poppy (?) Phantom.
Some happy days there.
I also think I know which sweet shop you mean, at the roundabout? Sold multicoloured sherbet, called Ralphs?

Did anyone also ride with Dawn at stanford on Soar? I LOVED it there!
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I've met Dawn :) She's now got a place up by Beacon hill. I had an assessment there last year as I wanted to be able to go out hacking with them. She ended up giving me a very thorough lesson to boot without stirrups on an ex jousting horse:eek: But I passed :) despite the best efforts of the horse and my claustrophobia about being on a big horse in a small indoor arena. She also taught a friend of mine when she was at Stanford O S. She's got lots of funny stories of the type of things she made the kids do.
Do you mean Eugene? His shop used to sell all sorts of stuff then closed down when Tescos opened? Nice old man.
 
Yeah, I rode with Dawn at beacon hill for a while too. I loved riding with Dawn, she taught me to be fearless and go with my instinct :)

We used to do alsorts with Dawn, backflips off horses, hacking lots, No reins, no stirrups when jumping. Did loads of pony days, own a pony, gymkhana, bareback hacking!

I still get on well with dawn now, always telling me to come back and ride with her again. She breeds highland ponies and I remember helping with those :)
 
Mosh said:
My mum rode there and rode a pony called Mustard?
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Hairs went up on the back of my neck! My Mum rode Mustard too and we bought him - I've pictures somewhere.... He came to live with us when we bought a house and yard in Old Woodhouse, where he ended his days, peacefully, happily and still top-dog in his very late 20's...

Please excuse me, everyone else on this thread - it's just so amazing to meet someone who 'shares' a huge part of my horsey childhood...
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Can I join in? My husband (now in his 40s) used to hang around at Parklands as his mate lived there. He remembers Strawberry and Shadiek and Phantom!
 
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