The Memor Y ; Triggered by a Horse Parade at Today's Leek Show. By John Abberley
Sentinel, The; Stoke-on-Trent (UK) › July 26, 2009
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FOR sheer pomp and gleaming splendour, I cannot think of anything to match the old Hanley Park fete and horse show.
When I was a young child in the 1930s, it was right on my doorstep and 70-odd years later, I still have a mental snapshot of hundreds of horses bedecked in coloured ribbons and rosettes and highly-polished brasses.See the full content of this document
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The Memor Y ; Triggered by a Horse Parade at Today's Leek Show. By John Abberley
There was such rivalry between the drivers that they stayed up all night to ensure that the turnout of both the horse and the w...
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