WELCOME TO THE WAY WE WERE

My mother recently gave me her photo collection to scan it brought back so many memories of past client friends horses and good times i thought i would be great to  share them with you.

There must be a great number of you out there past and present customers who also have photos of their time at Bunny if you can scan some and email them to me i would be happy to put them on the website for others to enjoy.

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I will be slowly adding photos as i get time to scan them and upload them it could be a long and slow process. ENJOY!!!

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MY FATHER BOB HUMPHREY RIDING A POINT TO POINTER CIRA 1950

ANOTHER PRE-BUNNY OF MY FATHER AROUND 1950

MY SISTER DAWN STANDING ON WHAT WAS THE ORIGINAL ENTRANCE TO THE STABLES THE PONY'S HEAD IS LOOKING AT WHERE THE HORSE WALKER NOW IS. THIS WAS LATER CONVERTED INTO OUR FIRST JUMPING LANE.

VERY SCARY AS IT ENDED ON THE HILLTOP RD AND THERE WERE NO RAILINGS TO STOP YOU GOING OVER THE EMBANKMENT ONTO THE MAIN RD. SOMETHING MY UNCLE RON ACTUALLY DID ONEDAY AND SURVIVED TO TELL THE TALE

THANKFULLY TRAFFIC WAS LIGHTER  IN THOSE DAYS AND NO HEALTH AND

SAFETY

ANOTHER PICTURE OF DAWN  RIDING HER SHETLAND PONY PINTO

MY DADS BROTHER LES AT A LOCAL HORSE SHOW THIS IS VERY EARLY 1950S COULD EVEN BE LATE FORTIES.

NOTE NO HAT FOR COMPETITIONS AND LOWER LEG POSITION

ME (SAM)  AT GYMKANHA LATTER HALF OF 50S NOTE

TOILET IN BACKGROUND RIGHT HAND SIDE

Bob Humphrey  escorting a hack pictured outside the Salutation inn in main st Keyworth

THE 1960S

ME WITH BROTHER PHIL ABOUT ONE YEAR OLD

I WAS THE LATE STARTER AT 4YEARS OLD

PHIL IN WINNING WAYS WITH HIS ACE GAMES PONY

TAFFY

KEYWORTH SHOW MID SIXTY'S SECTION JUMPING A VERY POPULAR COMPETITION IN THOSE DAYS

L-R JANET ADIE RIDING SPARKY. LOU RIDING MY GAMES PONY PIGEON. HELEN & SUSAN WELLS.

Bob Humphrey shows offhis famous stallion Amber Solaire

 Cavalette work in the top field

In the fore ground i think is Malcolm & Gail Preedy

Anyone out there who can name any of the others please Email

 Sun morning group form a ride in top field. Bob is far right note the only one to wear long boots

I think 4th from left is Nichola Lacey 2 Preedy's nr center anyone any ideas for others

 THE 1970S

LOU WITH HER FIRST PONY LANNIE

Sunday morning 10am Ride

L to R On foot Kieth Tucson - Brian Perry - Mary Stone

Mounted James Churchill ?- Philip Minson - Alf Stone - ?

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 THE 1980S

LOU RIDING HER OWN HORSE DARAZAN AT THE LAST BSJA SHOW JUMPING COMPETITION HELD IN COOPERS FIELD BUNNY HILL

OUR DAUGHTER EMMA HUMPHREY AGE 3/4 YEARS AT MEET OF QUORN HUNT AT THE STABLES BUNNYHILL

RIDING CORKER  WHO ALSO CARRIED PHIL AND STUART HUNTING

OFTEN JUMPING FENCES HE COULD NOT SEE OVER

ME (SAM) 1980 RIDING STAMFORD MILL ONE OF MY POINT TO POINTERS IN AN EARLY TEAMCHASE NORTH NOTTS/SOUTH LINCS

In the background is dad riding Playdough  Ambre Solaires son.

 HERE IS A SEQUENCE YOU WILL ENJOY I'M NOT SURE IF THIS WAS LATE 80S OR EARLY 90S BUT IT ENDS WITH ME FLAT ON MY BACK

THIS IS ME AT THE OLD WADDON TEAMCHASE NOW AMALGAMATED WITH THE BICESTER .I'M RIDING CAROLINE HOWITT'S HORSE SANTINI  TRACKING GEOFF PERFECT ALL IS GOING GREAT!!

THIS HEDGE AT THE BOTTOM OF A STEEP HILL HAD A VERY WIDE DITCH INFRONT WHICH GEOFF'S HORSE TOOK A DISLIKE TO,HE TRIED TO RUN OUT BUT SLIPPED INTO THE DITCH ''YOU CAN JUST SEE THE HORSES HEAD STICKING UP ABOVE HEDGE.BEING SO CLOSE WE DID NOT HAVE TIME TO TAKE EVASIVE ACTION AND SANTINI PUT IN AN ENORMOUS LEAP CLEARING BOTH GEOF'S HORSE AND THE HEDGE.

UNFORTUNATELY  SANTINI HAD OVER JUMPED AND FELL ON LANDING ,I WAS THEN JUMPED OVER BY BELINDA GEOFF'S DAUGHTER WHO ALSO FELL BUT THANKFULLY MISSED  SANTINI AND I AS WE RESTED ON THE GROUND. UNLIKE TODAY WERE THERE ARE STRICT RULES AGAINST REMOUNTING WE ALL REMOUNTED AND FINISED THE REST OF THIS FORMIDABLE COURSE

IN GOOD STYLE!!

 FILM & TV WORK

HORSES HAVE LED US INTO INVOLMENT IN MANY MAJOR FILMS INVOLVING HORSES AND TELEVISION PROGRAMMES. WHEN WE STARTED THE NOTTINGHAM JOUSTING ASSOC. IN 1970 THIS LED TO HUGE MEDIA ATTENTION AND CONTACTS WE MADE DURING THIS PERIOD LED US TO BE CALLED UPON MORE AND MORE FOR ACTION HORSE SCENES.

WITH THE OPENING OF CENTRAL STUDIOS IN LENTON LANE NOTTINGHAM WE WERE EXTREMLY BUSY WITH REGULAR WORK ON 3 BOON SERIES AND THE FIRST 2 SERIES OF PEAK PRACTICE PLUS SHINE ON HARVEY MOON,EMU'S WORLD,WIZZ WIG,AND MANY MORE THROUGHOUT THE 80'S AND 90'S.

CAMERAS WERE NOT ALOUD ON SET SO SADLY MUCH OF THIS FUN TIME WAS NOT RECORDED BUT HERE ARE A FEW SNATCHED SHOTS WITH MORE TO COME AS I DIG THE OUT.

ANY OF YOU OUT THERE WHO WORKED WITH US AND HAVE ANY PHOTOS OF THOSE DAYS I WOULD  BE DELIGHTED IF YOU CAN EMAIL THEM TO PUT ON THIS PAGE This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

L TO R EDWARD KOPEL -DECLAN. MARK HUMPHREY - SNIPER.

TOM ARRIS - WARRIOR. SAM HUMPHREY - BUMPER.

PART OF THE AWESOME FILM SET WE WORKED ON IN TILFORD FOREST

ROSIE AND JIM

SAM RIDING BUMPER OUTSIDE BELVOIR CASTLE WITH ROSIE & JIM

FROM THE CHILRENS PROGRAMME OF THE SAME NAME.

Ellie Broughton who was groom during the filming and also worked on reception at Bunny meets Rosie and Jim backstage

MARS MAKE IT HAPPEN ADVERT

In the Mars make it happen campaign it you won they would your wish come true.  Gill in black riding Bess had always wanted to joust against her sister and win!! sis is in white riding Marrick. Emma Humphrey far left in red riding Bumper acted as double for the girls who were both good riders but weren't allowed to do some of the more dangerous bits.Alos there Edward Kopel in red on Tsar and Marh Humphrey on Warrior.