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pony books - from my childhood...

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binker · 09/01/2007 12:00

I really wanrt to find a book I read as a young girl -it was a pony/horse book,maybe by one of the usual pony book authors but not sure - group of children go on holiday to remote house in Wales- very bleak and no food etc...any ideas -or failing that,any suggestions of authors I could trawl through- thanks !

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Pixel · 29/01/2007 22:40

My mum got 'wish for a pony' as a prize at school and I read it loads of times as a kid. Mum still has it on her bookcase and she's a pensioner now. Misty of Chincoteague I only read once because it was too sad.

RustyBear · 28/01/2007 19:32

I loved all of Monica Edwards' books, but sadly DD has never really had any interest in ponies, apart from the 'My little' variety!
I also remember Misty of Chincoteague, also the Moorland Mousie books, which I still have.

pintopony · 28/01/2007 19:25

Does anyone remember Wish for a Pony and Misty of Chincoteague? I got Wish for a Pony for my 8th birthday, my daughter is now reading the same copy! Still wishing for a pony!( or a nice steady old horse would do these days!)

Pixel · 27/01/2007 21:51

The pony Freddie was 'owned' by the readers of Horse and Pony Magazine. Before that they had an arab called Silent King (Shazam for short) but he was put down after damaging his leg in a nasty trailer accident.

Wasn't Twoy a mule in a 'diary in some horsey magazine? Seem to remember it was written from the mule's point of view and was quite amusing. He used to say "manners maketh mule" when his patience was tried by Th (the human).

God I must have been a boring child!

Pixel · 27/01/2007 20:54

I think he was called Black Boy in earlier copies but then became Danny Boy in later reprints? I'm sure I read that somewhere.

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nikkie · 11/01/2007 18:22

I've got loads of these put away for dds (prob will be dd2 , dd1 says its too cold and dirty to go riding!) I gave them to my cousin when I 'grew' out of them, she left home a few months ago and gave me them back

turquoise · 10/01/2007 17:56

Was Joanna Cannan the Pullein-Thompson's mother? Definitely the mother of some pony author, but I can't remember who exactly.

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binker · 10/01/2007 15:54

tenbygirl, it was definitely Wales because of the Welsh names - can't remember what they were, but they were intriguing to me !

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RustyBear · 10/01/2007 15:05

Thinking back, I think Danny Boy must have been the 'replacement name' for Patchy ie for the piebald version. I thought Best Boy didn't sound very familiar

tenbygirl · 10/01/2007 12:45

Is it; We Met Our Cousins by Joanna Cannan
But its Scotland not Wales.

JanH · 10/01/2007 09:44

Black Boy was called Danny Boy before Best Boy kicked in - I definitely have a book with Danny Boy in, but it's one I got much more recently - no idea where it is though.

katelyle · 10/01/2007 06:53

Binker, I have a pony mad 11 year old who loves a lot of the old horsy books I loved. Some of them are too wordy and have too many descriptions for her to enjoy reading herself, byt we have them as bedtime stories. Monica Edwards is brilliant to read aloud, and it takes me right back! She adores Jill - and I'm always scouring the charity shops for more!

RustyBear · 09/01/2007 16:56

In the first copy of 'A pony for Jill' that I read (about 1964 iirc), the farmer who sold him to her called him Blackie, but she didn't like that & called him Black Boy. Later there was an edition where he was drawn as a piebald & the farmer called him Patchy, which she changed (I think again to Black Boy, but I'm not really sure because I only read that one in as charity shop while I was waiting for someone)
Later still they got all PC about it & he was called something I don't remember - I think Best Boy came even later- but I wouldn't be surprised if there was another edition somewhere (maybe one from another country) where he was Danny.

JanH · 09/01/2007 16:37

Black Boy's name was changed in later editions for PC reasons

2nd pony was Rapide (he was a poser IIRC )

Lakota · 09/01/2007 16:17

Wasn't Jill's second horse called Twoy? Pronounced 2-ie as he had two white socks or something?

Quootiepie · 09/01/2007 16:11

She changed his name. Can't remember why. Just think she didn't like it

Quootiepie · 09/01/2007 16:10

list of pony books Binker - you might recognise one

Kezza _ I used to practise rising trot on the arm of the sofa!!!

Blu · 09/01/2007 16:10

Oh, Patchy? yes, that rings a bell....did Jill change his name as part of the story, or was it just an unexplained editorial decision?

KezzaG · 09/01/2007 16:09

right Im off to practice my rising trot on the arm of the sofa. I will use a tea towel for a saddle and a belt for the reigns. Must dig out my cycle helmet as a riding hat.

Quootiepie · 09/01/2007 16:03

Was called Patchy ...

Danny does make me think of something though.... maybe another horse was called Danny?

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binker · 09/01/2007 16:03

Lordy,what have I started ?! Do you think little girls these days are interested in horses in the way we were ? (I don't count My Little Pony)

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Quootiepie · 09/01/2007 16:02

ah, excellent Lucy! Forgot about Pedro....

Which reminds me, I have one more book in the Jinny series to read, as I never found out how she got the pony called Easter.

Blu · 09/01/2007 16:01

Does anyone else remember Black Boy being called Danny in the very first book? Maybe it was in the first edition before she became successful and the whole series developed? I spent hours puzzling over it.

Wasn't Rapide a more upmarket pony than Black boy?

KezzaG · 09/01/2007 16:00

Oh Lucycat with this website you are really spoiling us (ferero roche style accent)

I am in pony heaven.

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