I was Dobbin, Don's Granddad's horse
I pulled his Granddad's van
The young lad is Don's Uncle
And the young girl is his Mam
We delivered bakery stuff
All around the town
Hotels and Boarding Houses knew
We would never let them down
I was popular with the children
Who stopped to say hello
And their parents ran out with shovels
When they saw I was going to 'go'.
Such nostalgia Don. I love looking at old photographs. Is this one genuinely members of your family? How lovely if it is, otherwise a lovely glimpse of days gone by. Your poem fits so well anyway.
Yes that is my Mum, she was born 1902 and looks to be in her early teens on this. My grandfather was not a photographer himself but left us with loads of photos which look professional. I suspect this was done as part of an advert for the business.
Lovely photo Don.
Photography has moved on by leaps and bounds but the quality of these old photos takes some beating. It was just so expensive and time consuming in those days.
Photography has moved on by leaps and bounds but most photos now are on a device or a sim card, these go wrong or get lost, and in 50 years time are we going to have any photographic record of events and people and pets and holidays? I've got albums full of photos of holidays and family trips and places I've been, until about 8 or so years ago when I was given a digital camera (yes I was one of the last to still be using film I think!) and since then I have no photos of holidays or family or my sheep.
Please keep posting your supposedly random stuff. Maybe it's not all lung stuff but it's so important. It brightens our day, lifts our spirits, and takes our mind off things for a while. All of which is important to a good frame of mind and better health. (Chocolate does the same but it makes me fat whereas your rhymes and photos don't)
I used slide film for about fifty years and had thousands of family photos until quite recently I scanned them all on to my desktop and got rid of the projector and screen. I've made a number of copies onto memory sticks, but you are right, my old photos of grandparents will probably outlast the ones I've taken.
You are right, the photo looks so professional, Have you any others you would like to share with us? As I said I love looking at old photos and learning about social history.
I have but I don't think this is the place to display them. People come here for a purpose and I already stretch that to the limit with my other stuff. I'll pop one in every now and then. 😉
I think other members would like to see some Don judging by their response! I look forward to seeing others in the future. Thanks.
That really is a wonder,so nostalgic and a proper sight to see
Today with just one photo Don you have made me happy as can be
Cracking poem Master PO and an even better photo,so does that make you Don Johnston ?You never told us you were that TV star on Miami vice lol 
Suitably impressed Ski's and a cat in awe x
He was my maternal granddad who died before I was born. He was quite a character, I have another similar photo with him holding the horse and looks to be about five foot and not much more. I think I must take after him, my other granddad died when I was 4 or 5 so I didn't know much of him either. I seem to be making up for both of them! 😂
How are you did your appointment go ok.
I am sat in wythenshawe hospital waiting to see my lung consultant. Lungs have priority in my world the rest can wait 😊😻x
But thanks for the enquiry x
Morning to you Mr.D and how wonderful to see the "old times", full of nostalgia as RoadRunner44 has said. Also its great to learn a little about the lives our grandparents lived and it must have been quite an attraction to see Dobbin the horse,your uncle as a young boy and am i right in saying, the young girl is your mother ?
I love all photos that go back at least 1 or 2 generations - i like to spot all the differences from those bygone years annd what we'd see in their place today. Thank you . So interesting.😍
Yes that's my Mum alright. Some years after that photo was taken when Dobbin died, granddad bought a Rudge motorcycle with a box sidecar which my mother did the deliveries on. I'm told that she was the first lady motorcyclist in town which brought much publicity for the business. I have a photo of her on that too.
Now you can't dangle a carot in front of a squirrel, you get my drift? So lets see your Mum as the first lady Rudge motorcycle rider in the town .. ......oh it must've seemed so brave of her and i can imagine small crowds of people gathering together to see your Mum on her Rudge. A very canny woman who got lots of attention for the business. 😍
Wonderful photo Don 💕X
That’s lovely Don such a good memory x
In the late 40s and 50s my father kept a shovel and bucket in the car ( needed for his job) if he saw horse droppings he would stop the car to collect it. Such memories you bring back D on. Also he tells the tale of borrowing his uncles horse and car in the 30s. The horse stopped at every pub they passed and would not move until he had had some beer!,
Keep them coming Don
X jo
What a lovely photo Don. I do love old photos. Thank you, Dobbin was a star. 🌟🌟🌟🌟much like yourself. Xxx 😘
Like me? Neeeeigh lass! 🐴
Well done Don and a cracking photo, your poem and photo have cheered us all up, thank you x
What a lovely photo, Don and so interesting for you to have it and know your family history. It reminded me of mine. My grandad had a milk and coal business in the village in County Durham where they lived and he delivered the coal on a horse and cart. My grandmother used to drive 5 miles to Darlington Market on Monday’s in a pony and trap. When I was a little girl we lived with her and she was going on the bus by then. She used to bring me back a penny (that’s 1d) bar of Cadbury’s chocolate every week. What a treat.
Love
Corin
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I remember so many old horses. The milkman, the coalman, the dustbinmen, the rag&boneman, the laundrymman, the fishman.
So nostalgic Don. Dobbin looks in a very good condition
Love your poem and photo Don. Keep posting and cheering us all up xx
How wonderful to have a piece of your own family history in a real touchable photo. I hope the details are on the back so that future viewers will know who's who. I do wonder what future generations will do when all they have is memory sticks, you can't really sit round sharing them. I have biscuit tins full of photos going back to my mums childhood. Please put up the picture of your mum on her motorbike, I'm sure we'd all like to see such a forward thinking, daring woman,especially as she gave us such a wonderful person to cheer us all with his rhymes and memories. 👏☺️
Great poem and a great photo too! xx Moy
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