The Annuals 1984 -
The Pony Club Annual 1984
Publisher: World International Publishing Limited
Editor: Toni Webber
Date of publication: 1983
A new editor, format and publisher came in 1984. Stories weren’t thrown out: the
annual maintained its
shorter format as just over 60 pages, but all pages were now
in full colour. The illustrations took a turn
for the worse, but otherwise the actual
content was not hugely different from Genevieve Murphy’s day.
Short stories:
Caroline Akrill: The Saturday Hirelings, illus Elaine Roberts. Krisia and Charlotte
decide to do some
proper riding, so Charlotte hires two horses so they can go hunting.
Caroline Strickland: The Reapers, illus Ray Hutchins. A short story about a breed
which almost never
features in literature -
The Pony Club Annual 1985
Publisher: World International Publishing Limited
Editor: Toni Webber
Date of publication: 1984
The second annual under Toni Webber’s editorship was still the mixture as before,
though with the
addition of some craft makes. The quality of illustration was noticeably
poor.
Short stories:
Clare Bruton: Special Talent. Polly’s new pony was bound to be a good jumper, and
wasn’t that
what she always wanted?
Jay Swallow: A Pony to Remember . Penny is in a wheelchair after a riding accident.
She has
forgotten her old pony as a result of her injury, but Tim has a plan to remind
her.
The Pony Club Book No. 8
Publisher: Naldrett Press Ltd/The World’s Work (1913) Ltd
Editor: Alan Delgado
Date of publication: 1957
Diana Pullein-
did the cover illustration, though this was actually the recycled
frontispiece of the first annual.
Short Stories:
A Maple Leaf and Some Thistles: uncredited. Based in part on the film The Kid From
Canada. When
Andy from Canada visits the Mackinlays in Scotland, it doesn’t work
out too well at first.
Major C Davenport: Patricia’s Picture, illus Thelwell. A Captain Hall story. Captain
Hall cannot take the
Pony Club Camp ride as he has broken his leg playing polo. A
mysterious benefactor pays for Patricia to
go to camp, on the condition she writes
to him about it.
Stella Munro: Moorland Magic, illus Geoffrey Whittam. Christopher and Jane acquire
another pony in
very strange circumstances.
The Pony Club Book No. 9
Publisher: Naldrett Press Ltd/The World’s Work (1913) Ltd
Editor: Alan Delgado
Date of publication: 1958
Sheila Wilcox and High and Mighty were on the cover. The number of stories went
back to 2: Stella
Munro was still writing about horses from history, and there was
plenty about hunting in this edition. Real
life stories (Peter riding 150 miles to
school on his pony Kim), and setting up Pony Club magazines
featured.
Short Stories:
Major C Davenport: Cross Country, Speed and Endurance, illus Thelwell. A Captain
Hall story. The
Downshire Branch go to Badminton.
Naomi Mitchison: My Little Horse Gold, illus Joan Kiddell-
The Pony Club Book No. 10
Publisher: Naldrett Press Ltd/The World’s Work (1913) Ltd
Editor: Alan Delgado
Date of publication: 1959
This was the first Pony Club annual with a cover by Thelwell. There was an article
by Mrs E H Parsons
on round ups in the New Forest, as well as on a nurse on horseback
in Kentucky, and ponies in Kenya.
Short Stories:
Alan Delgado: The Cart Before the Horse, illus Monica Walker. A clash of cultures:
Sid and his
pony Beetle meet well off Angela in a story set in a London reliant on
horse transport.
Christine Pullein-
it’s a totally different matter when he’s away.
Major
C Davenport: The Gate Crasher, illus Thelwell. A Captain Hall story. Susan Carter
joins the
Pony Club.
The Pony Club Book No. 11
Publisher: Naldrett Press Ltd/The World’s Work (1913) Ltd
Editor: Alan Delgado
Date of publication: 1960
Another varied list of contents: the Pithead Pony Club, done absolutely on a shoe
string; the Pony Club
in London (rather less so). Frances Pitt was still writing
for the Annual, and here contributed an article
on her new house and its surrounding
wildlife.
Short Stories:
Monica Edwards: The Great Horse, illus William Stobbs. A rare historical story
from Monica Edwards,
telling the story of a horse during the Civil War.
Major C Davenport: A Place in the Team, illus Thelwell. A Captain Hall story. The
Downshire Branch
enter a team in the Prince Philip Cup.
The Pony Club Book 12
Publisher: William Heinemann Ltd in association with the Naldrett Press Ltd
Editor: Alan Delgado
Date of publication: 1961
The cover returned to a picture of a Pony Clubber and pony (though they’d never now
allow one without
a hat). Joan Wanklyn illustrated a four part article on training
the young pony, and Jill Chalcraft, a
Pony Club member in the 1930s, wrote about being
a Pony Club Mother in the 1960s.
Short stories:
Pamela Whitlock: Rare Bridget, illus Margery Gill). Jane’s ambition is to race,
so she is seriously
miffed to be given slow Biddy to ride.
Major C Davenport: Without a Fault, illus Thelwell. A Captain Hall story. Iris
Havknott does not have
a pony, but then her parents buy a cottage and she joins the
Pony Club.
Daphne Linnell: First Hunt, illus Anne Buckmaster. A group of children go on their first hunt.
The Pony Club Book 14
Publisher: William Heinemann Ltd
Editor: Alan Delgado
Date of publication: 1963
Haflingers, four centuries of horse traffic, Frances Pitt visits Canada (not one
word about
horses...) and a beautifully illustrated article on the Medieval knight
and his horse.
Short stories:
Joan Phipson: Pensioned Off, illus Margaret Horder. Alison Marriott’s adventures
on the New
South Wales sheep station where she lives.
Major C Davenport: Treasure Hunt, illus Thelwell. A Captain Hall story. The DC despises Treasure
Hunts, but Captain Hall doesn’t agree.
The Pony Club Book 13
Publisher: William Heinemann Ltd in association with the Naldrett Press Ltd
Editor: Alan Delgado
Date of publication: 1962
The cover is by Thelwell. How to keep a pony in suburbia is given an airing, as
well as a debate
on whether the pony is clever or clueless.
Short stories:
Major C Davenport: Hard Luck Story, illus Thelwell. A Captain Hall story. The Pony
Club rally is
going to be on Friday 13th...
Kathleen Mackenzie: Bogged Down, illus Helen Collins. Sally Brown feels herself
a complete
outsider at Pony Club
