Caroline Stride, Transcript 2, Part 4

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Caroline Stride Trans2 CH4  Duration:  5:54

CB:  Okay.  Fifty-two (CS252)

Caroline:   That’s at Bolderwood, at our home at the time:  Robert riding and Philip, our youngest bunking up –

CB:  Yeah, pillion –

Caroline: Yeah, in the front

CB:  Okay.

Caroline:  And the pigs went for a walk with them as well. 

(CS253)

Caroline:  Now this is a picture of, I would say, possibly at the races, point-to-point races one Christmas. The person leading the pony – the horse – I guess would’ve just taken part in the races, is Raymond Stride, my younger brother-in-law; on the pony, the little one with the red boots is Sarah Stride, Raymond’s daughter; and sat behind her is [information withheld], and the person walking alongside is [information withheld] – as young children.

CB:  Oh, lovely. Fifty-four (CS254)

Caroline:  Fifty-four, this is a picture of out in the forest with Peter Brown to the left of the picture and [information withheld].  They worked together a lot of the time through the ‘eighties and early ‘nineties, so they were into a lot of splitting of oak for cleft fencing, pale fencing, and they were on different projects for a long time.

CB:  And did they – was that Forestry Commission work?

Caroline:  Yeah.  Forestry Commission work.

CB:  Fifty five  (CS255)

Caroline:   And there you see them actually splitting out oak or chestnut to make the palings and you can see the paling fence.

CB:  Lovely.

(CS256)

Caroline:  Ah, now that’s a picture of us, Richard, my husband, with his arm on the trailer; we went down to see a commoner down in the south of the Forest, [information withheld], lived at Norley Wood, and we bought an old Forest cart off him, an old Forest truck. I think that’s what we must’ve had loaded up on the trailer. Yeah.

CB:  Okay.  Fifty-seven  (CS257)

Caroline: Right now, not really sure where this picture was taken.  It’s at the point-to-point start I would say, and in the picture to the left I’m stood with Philip our youngest son; in front of me was Richard and Andrew stood directly in front of him, our middle son; Richard is talking to Bob Mansbridge and walking over to him would be [information withheld] and his daughter [information withheld]; and behind him is walking, [information withheld].  The huntsman in the background, I can’t be absolutely certain or the person in the hunt uniform I can’t really say.

CB:  Mmm. Okay. Again… (CS258) That’s Longdown, isn’t it?

Caroline:  That is Longdown, isn’t it.  I wonder if that other one – I think it was Longdown.  This one on the grey is [information withheld] –

CB: Heading for the kids’ race –

Caroline:  I would say, possibly, to the far right was Robert, our eldest son, with the number 4 on

CB:  Oh, okay.  Yeah.

Caroline:  Mmm  

CB:  Lovely. (CS259) Is that anyone you know?

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Caroline:  I don’t know this person on the – That might’ve been the year that they finished at Hilltop.  It was a very, very foggy morning, I remember.

CB:  It’s just a good shot for the point-to-point.  Number sixty (CS260)

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Caroline:  Yeah. Well I would probably say the number 1 is Raymond Bennett and number 2 – it might be one of the Miss Mangins.

 CB:  Okay.  He’s in red, so – [information withheld] always wears red, doesn’t he –

Caroline:  Yeah, he does.

CB:   I can see Bert there, but is it John?

Caroline:  My guess is this is the Veterans.

CB:  Oh, okay.  Did he do the Veterans, yeah, of course he did.

Caroline:  Yes.

CB:  I think that’s your father-in-law.

Caroline:  Yeah. I think –

CB:  I think there’s a photo in a minute with him collecting his prize.

Caroline: Okay.  Okay.

CB:  (Indistinct) (CS261)

Caroline:  There’s – There on the grey pony, probably – ‘What went wrong in the races’, I think, looking at Jessie Winter’s expression – What happened next?  And this lady here is Steve Lane’s wife, Sheila, and I’m stood there behind, yeah.

CB:  Number sixty-two (CS262)

Caroline:  And this is Charlotte Stride; not sure what the pony was but obviously it was when she was riding in the Childrens’ Race … at Longdown.

CB:  And how old do you think she was there?

Caroline:  Twelve or fourteen?

CB:  I would have said the same, actually.

Caroline:  Yeah.

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