Peggy Tillyer, Transcript 2, Part 2
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Peggy Tillyer Trans 2 CH 2 Duration 6:20
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Photo 23 PT023
So this photo is at….
Charlie White’s holding at Pondhead. Charlie White very kindly, when we had the drift, allowed his buildings be used as the holding pen or his yard be used and the buildings as the actual branding and worming area to contain the ponies, umm, close to. Umm its taken, the picture is taken in 1986, and it’s a bit dark but it is inside the actual cow shed and it is showing, laughs, a rather nice back view of poor old Charlie but he is actually branding one of his own foals, which you are allowed to do, or you were, I don’t know now. Helping to hold at the back here, holding the foals head is umm Michael Ralphs and at the back is Charlie’s daughter Pat, now Pat Mabbutt.
Photo 24 PT024
Ok so on to this cottage photograph.
This is a picture of the original cottage in what is apparently the area known as old town Balmerlawn, which is on the Brockenhurst Road to Hatchett Pond, yes umm, out of umm, Brockenhurst Road, yes, umm, the original forest cottage. It was sadly it was demolished in April 1988 and umm it has been replaced by a rather statelier type of house, a very large house, which is boarded all the way around. The old lady whose name was Gladys Ede, she lived in there after her father, her husband died, and one of her hobbies was to feed and speak to the New Forest ponies, um,. It sounds as though this is very naughty, because in this day where we are told not to feed or touch the New Forest ponies, but this was right on the Forest, she did not deliberately go out and do it, in fact she always sat behind the fence and spoke to them a lot, she always told me that she loved just being with the ponies.
Photo 25 PT025
And this photo was taken at…..
At Longwater, umm, (inaudible) can’t remember how to describe it. It was taken in June 1988 and in fact Jenny Tillyer with her two then owned dogs call Gyp and Goldie. It’s just interesting to see, as they are doing all of this upgrading so to speak of the Forest lawns etc. a picture of the original lawn, I’ve forgotten the name of this white flower, I ought to know it, but umm, I think it did flood in the winter but not that badly but it made a very nice lawn for the ponies in the summer.
Im sure that heather now comes right down now. I’m sure it does.
Photo 26 PT026
This picture is on the opening of the official part of the opening celebration of the New Forest Centre in the car park of Lyndhurst. One of the things they had to exhibit in there was as many as possible of the brands, the existing brands.. And we were invited along to take our brands and put on this door. This actually shows Brian Tillyer, you can’t see the brand because it was behind but it was the anchor B he was putting on there. In the picture on the left hand side is Mrs Beat Cook. She looks as though she is holding her brand in her hand. Centre is Marion Ingram, and with the diamond shaped patterned jumper, now which one was this?
John Pooley
John Pooley with his elbow up on the board hidden by Brian is Derek Pooley, Ingram. Derek Ingram I beg your pardon.
Lovely.
Photo 27 PT027
And this is another picture of the door branding ceremony for the New Forest Centre and again you can see all the brands being heated ready to put on the door, which today you can still go and see this door with all the brands on it. Left in the picture is Brian Tillyer, left centre is Agister Terry Jones, the lad is, we don’t know, right centre is Terry’s wife Rose and on the right hand side, the two gentlemen, Charlie Dovey and just you can see the side of his face is Maldwin Drummond who was a Verderer, Official Verderer.