Milliesmum
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Post by Milliesmum on Aug 19, 2007 8:59:26 GMT
I remember when nylon stable rugs first came out, my friends mum MADE her one out of an old sleeping bag!!!
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Post by Milliesmum on Aug 19, 2007 10:27:49 GMT
Just remembered, as well as horse and pony magazine, did anyone used to read the 'Jackie' pony books?
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Post by lincolstables on Aug 19, 2007 13:04:28 GMT
:-/I must be of the same age....talk about a trip down memory lane  overbent.. I remember that proper horsey smell well. Did anyone use sausage boots??? are they still around, my daughter took an old one of ours the other day for a PC meeting, making me wonder now if todays younguns would know what one is for!!!!!!  |
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Post by Milliesmum on Aug 19, 2007 15:17:31 GMT
Have you seen the picture inside the back cover of Horse and Hound this week. Can you imagine the absolute uproar if that happened today? Health and safety bods would have kittens!!!
And imagine trying to get insurance for it!
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Post by dun4u on Aug 19, 2007 20:57:20 GMT
Oh, those were the days. I started riding at the local riding school in West London back in the fifties. Yes, we would work all day, leading, mucking-out etc just for the free ride taking the horses and ponies back to the field 1/2 mile away!!! We NEVER wore a hat and the ponies were ridden bareback with just an old jute halter for some sort of steering and braking. There wasn't much grass to ride on round there so of course every grass verge, even if only 18" wide, would be ridden along and ruined and NO-ONE COMPLAINED!!! In the early 60's coloured tack started becoming very popular and each of us bought a coloured nylon girth, coloured nylon reins (ugh!) and 5 coloured crepe bandages, 4 for the legs over a lot of gamgee and 1 for the tail. We each had our favourite pony which we tarted up in all this coloured stuff. The owner of the riding school didn't seem to mind - it saved on her own tatty stuff!!! We also made saddle-cloths in our own individual colours with the name of the pony embroidered in the corner!! I still have my original show bridle, bought from Keith Luxford in 1963 for £25, and, not quite so old, two 'Lavenir' quilted sleeveless jackets in navy and olive which I bought for £5 each, which I must admit I still wear!!!! Blue bag was ideal for grey ponies and I also used to buy 'Tonirinse' which gave a lovely silvery sheen to a grey tail. That is if you didn't leave it on too long. Many a time I had to get the washing up liquid and try to tone down a purple tail. Saddles were balanced on handle-bars along with bridles, grooming-kit etc, whilst we gave a 'backie' to a friend and to save us walking back from the field we would lead the ponies from our bikes at a brisk trot. We got home tired, hungry, aching, usually frozen and wet through, to non-horsey parents who couldn't begin to understand why we were SOOOO happy!!! HAPPY DAYS  |
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Post by Milliesmum on Aug 27, 2007 20:42:16 GMT
Talking of coloured tack -
Today I was at a show and one of the trade stands was selling PINK SYNTHETIC SADDLES!
Is it just me or is this the most heinous thing ever to be invented? Do people actually buy these things? In heavens name WHY?
Sorry, think I must be getting old.
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