Chestnut mare
Well-Known Member
Did anyone ride at Slough fort in allhallows Kent? X
I had my first lessons at Nightingale Riding Stables in Buckhurst Hill, Essex. And here I am on a pony called Smokey Joe. No, I don't know why I was on such a wee pony either!
(No crit, please! I was 10 and it was 1973!)
Going back to the 60s here. The ponies/horses were Gayboy, ........
yes im allergic to horses(dust, hair, straw,hay)
Cheston Farm nr South Brent in Devon, early 80's. I still pop by there when I am down there. It has changed hands a few times and the original owner has long since earned her wings, though I am still in contact with her niece.
Health and safety... what health and safety...
Mine was at Suzannes Riding School in Harrow Weald
Let me think who I remember pony wise . . . . Zedwyn, Black Magic, Sambo, Pip, Blossom, Cuckoo, Nutmeg and Peanuts to mention a few. O and good old Ursula telling you who you were riding!
I learnt to ride at White Cat Stables, Bristol on an ancient bay pony called Kelly and a dun pony called Jumbo.
I remember the riding school very clearly as it wasn't that long ago that I went! (approx 14yrs ago which is nothing compared to some of you! )
I bought my first UK pony from Charville Riding School in Hillingdon around 1978'ish, Middlesex. I also kept a couple at Mick Jupp's Goulds Green yard for a while.
when were you there?? i could not remember when i was as i said i rode there when i was very little then i went back when i was maybe 13ish.
i use to stay and help out, do you remember they had that big indoor school where all the ponies were and i use to help people groom and do feet etc
black magic rings a bell
Blimey, Jumbo must have been ancient! I didn't 'learn' to ride there, but, used to go for lessons whilst visiting my grandparents, think I rode Jumbo every time and would have been between 1977 and 1982! The instructor there was fabulous, I would have liked her to relocate to the Isle of Wight!!
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