Pit Pony at Old Roundwood Pit
Pit Pony at Old Roundwood Pit
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Pit Pony at Old Roundwood Pit

YKSMM: 2018.29
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Animals

This black and white photograph shows Mr Ronald Ives at Old Roundwood pit with a horse in harness in the pit yard.

Mr Ives was a blacksmith and farrier, and would look after the showing of the ponies. Skilled farriers would cold shoe, allowing them to work underground.

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Transport and Communication Animals Pit Ponies 1950s Old Roundwood Pit
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