Pictures from 1973
A total of 10 images.
Currently displaying images 1 to 10.
Currently displaying images 1 to 10.
Redhill Tunnel, south portal (on Quarry Line). 7th April 1973. Unknown publisher.
Jodel D.112 Club SE-CII. 22nd May 1973.
Globe GC-1B Swift SE-BCD. 22nd May 1973.
Ryan Navion SE-CPL. 22nd May 1973.
Westland Wessex G-BAWJ. 3rd June 1973.
Luton Minor, G-AVXG. 2nd July 1973.
Prospector EP9 G-APXW. 2nd July 1973.
Station Approach North. Merstham. 1973.
For Want of a Shoe. Mr J.A. Ibbotson a Master Farrier has two apprentice farriers working for him
at The Forge, Walton Street, Walton on the Hill, Surrey. The apprenticeship scheme that the Farriers'
Company decided to sponsor in 1958 has been expanding satisfactorily. There are about 1,200 shoeing
smiths in the country, many of them elderly, to deal with a horse population of 400,000 - and still
growing. Something like 1,500 smiths are really needed. The Farriers' Company scheme had 90
apprentices under training in 1972. Photo shows:- Mr. J.A. Ibbotson shows Mark Hall age 17 years old
and Paul Ibbotson, age 19 years how to make a horse show at The Forge, Walton on the Hill, Surrey
where there there hasbeen a forge on the site for 200 years. 23rd March 1973. Fox Photos Ltd.
Comment 1 Janice Chapple from
Honiton posted this comment on
Sunday 09 May 2021 18:45:52. In the 1960s I rode my pony to be shod from Woodmansterne to Mr Ibbotsons forge if I missed his mobile van to Mr Grahams farm where I kept my pony. Happy days. Janice Chapple |
Reigate Garage. 1973.
Comment 1 Ken Webb from
Redhill posted this comment on
Wednesday 02 February 2022 15:57:08. I used to get my hair cut at Roys Barbers opposite the bus garage,from 1963-75 .
I met his daughter yesterday , she was a friends wife , and I never new Roy was
her Dad , small world ! |
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