Post by melidenlad on Apr 24, 2011 10:35:52 GMT 1
I wander if anyone can remember the old riding school (the Phoenix) that was Yates farm Moore End in the late 50s early 60s. It was run by a elderly lady by the name of Mrs Tunnycliffe, she taught many of Spondon's working class children, to ride ponies (mostly Girls) giving them skills that not only gave them some thing to do, in the days before computers,
but also became useful to them in later life.
Today with the high cost of insurance & health & safety law it would be too expensive for children from working class parents to ride horses & ponies.
By 1963 the farm land was became; the Sandcroft Estate, the only field that survives today is the Bancroft field, which is located to your left as you walk down the footpath from Sancroft Road towards the Bluebell Dairy.
Mrs Tunnycliffe lived in Vincent Ave. and was very knowledgeable about Spondon history.
In addition to the ponies she also had a donkey called Mary, that could be heard braying all over Spondon.
but also became useful to them in later life.
Today with the high cost of insurance & health & safety law it would be too expensive for children from working class parents to ride horses & ponies.
By 1963 the farm land was became; the Sandcroft Estate, the only field that survives today is the Bancroft field, which is located to your left as you walk down the footpath from Sancroft Road towards the Bluebell Dairy.
Mrs Tunnycliffe lived in Vincent Ave. and was very knowledgeable about Spondon history.
In addition to the ponies she also had a donkey called Mary, that could be heard braying all over Spondon.