Marion Ingram, Transcript 1, Part 6
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Marion Ingram Trans1 CH6 Duration: 5:17
CB: Okay, so number forty. (MI040)
Marion: This was taken at the Ashurst Drift and there’s Beatrix (Beatrice) Cook and May Ingram. Both of them in their – would have been in their very late seventies, I could guess; and they were sat right in the middle of the opening, waiting for the ponies to come! (Laughter) But I think that’s a lovely picture.
CB: That is. And that was about two thousand and one.
Marion: Yeah.
CB: So on to photograph forty-one. (MI041)
Marion: Yes, this was the year that the Queen was visiting the Forest and Sir Dudley Forward was the Official Verderer of the day and he wanted all the agisters to be riding his grey Arabs, so that’s why they’re all on these grey animals. There’s Raymond Bennett on the first one; and then John Booth; and then – I think it’s Raymond Stickland, and then Brian Ingram on the end. Nineteen seventy-nine, that was.
CB: On to number forty-two. (MI042)
Marion: Yes, in this picture we’ve got Maldwin Drummond; Joan Wright, the chairman of the Pony Society; and Prince Philip. Again, this was in nineteen seventy-nine and it would have been on Whitefield Moor. And the Royalty went round and met all the people that had arrived there with their horses, whether they were led or being ridden. And Joan Wright accompanied the Duke of Edinburgh and Pam Harvey Richards accompanied the Queen.
CB: Lovely. So, number forty-three. (MI043)
Marion: Yes, this would have been a shot at Beaulieu Road at one of the sales; I guess it was raining by the looks of the clothing they’re all wearing. And that’s Jim Winter in the duffle coat; John Stride next to him; and brother Richard Stride next to him. Peering over the rails is [information redacted]; and then we’ve got [information redacted] and then Raymond Bennett.
CB: Did we say what year that was, roughly?
Marion: I haven’t got a year but I would say from the look of [information redacted], I would say late ‘eighties, early ‘nineties.
CB: Okay, so number forty-four. (MI044)
Marion: Yes, is the arrival of the – no, not the arrival but – the Duke of Edinburgh being accompanied by the Lord Manners; he was the Official Verderer at that time.
CB: He’s in the centre, slightly to the back –
Marion: Yes, and then Maldwin Drummond –
CB: On the right.
Marion: And he was – had quite a lot to do with the museum, so I guess he was in an official capacity there.
CB: So number forty-five. (MI045) This was the same event as the last photograph.
Marion: Yes. And all they – they had a guard of honour, I suppose you could call it, of keepers one side and the agisters on the other side. And in this picture the keepers we’ve got are: [information redacted], Derek Thompson, [information redacted] and Derek Gulliver.
CB: Lovely. And again, that was nineteen – seventy-nine, wasn’t it?
Marion: No, that was when the Queen came, wasn’t it.
CB: No, okay, scrap that year. Number forty-six. (MI046)
Marion: Yes, this is the branding ceremony we had, and they put all the brands there. Everybody took their brands up to the museum and then they took a forge – a mobile forge – there and then put all the brands all onto the back of the door. And in this picture, – we’ve got –
CB: Far left –
Marion: Yeah, [information redacted]; I don’t know who the lady is; and then Brian Ingram holding a brand; and [information redacted] with the fairisle type jumper on; and Terry Jones.
Brian Ingram joins in: [information redacted], Archie Ings –
CB: Hang on, hang on. So [information redacted] is between Terry and [information redacted]. Where’s Archie Ings…?
BI: With a cap on –
CB: Oh, with a cap behind [information redacted] –
BI: Annie Ings
CB: Oh, Annie Ings. Lovely. Number forty-seven. (MI047)
Marion: Yes, um. Unfortunately, one of the agisters – Terry Jones, one of the agisters – he committed suicide and they decided to build a Pound in his memory; that was in nineteen ninety-one. In this picture is Terry Jones’ father. He came to the occasion.