hi,
i have just received some info from a cousin (?x removed thingy) and she has found out that my 2xg grandfather kept horses as well as running a farm. well i have this pictur that was in a wallet of photos of my mums side of family that i'm not sure who it is off as no-1 alive recalls horses being kept.
any idea of a date please???
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he was born 1841 and died 1897 if thats any more help.
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Sorry that's not him, that picture is from this century,though they are shire horses probably used for ploughing,the little boy is certainly wearing 20th century clothes, possibly late 1940s at a guess
What some gorgeous carthorses Amy. Agree with Barbara on dates too.
ummmm. thats puzzled me then. back to drawing board. i know is NOT grandad reginald as he was tall, thin and didnt have a bead, and i also know its NOT his father george as he was just like reginald (they are identified on pics by mum before she died.)
it doesnt look like my "real nans" husband and her father died in 1928. which means that it is either on dads side or isnt the family.
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wouuld they have been coal mine horses or far too big? i know they are shires of some breed. having looked at certs not dads dad he died at too young an age, his dad worked in tthe coalmines, dads mums dad was an engineer so i dont think its him and his dad was a mechanic.
however, it doesnt mean that it isnt 1 of the grt uncles etc. all of the rest of the photos in the wallet are of family members.
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I would agree with Barbara with regards to the date of this image being in the 20th century and also with the period. The horses could be either Shire or Clydesdales going by the build and feathering to the legs (a Suffolk Punch is more dumpy looking in the leg and has less feathering), and would not, as a general rule, be used in the mines due to their size.
don.
A suggestion, maybe the focus of the picture is the child rather than the man?
shire horses definetly,breweries used them to cart the barrells of beer,coming from leeds tetley brewery used them and still to today,i would say 1940,s brenda xxx
Agree with Brenda, dray horses - you can clearly see the marks of heavy harness, and one horse at least has clearly had his tail plaited, which they would not have done for mining horses. (Thought they used ponies, not horses in mines???).
Certainly horses which are used for some kind of "in the public face" work, as they are in beautiful condition and obviously very well looked after.
Not a great horse fan, but this is a lovely picture.
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