The Ponies Loved it Too
Blackie, London, 1950, illus Stanley Lloyd
Reprinted Blackie, 1957
(authored by both)
An undemanding holiday story: the Everard and Leslie families, later joined by the
Andersons, have
fun with their ponies. They have a picnic, play polo with hockey
sticks and walking sticks, ride over
to a farm to collect their lost ginger cat Rufus,
and finally go on an eighteen mile ride to see a play
one of the mothers has produced.
Many thanks to Amanda Dolby for the picture.
The Ponies Loved It Too was written by both Paddy Miles and Rosemary Grfiffin. Paddy Miles doesn’t seem to have written anything else that I can find: Cheers for the Ponies and The Ponies Camped Too seem to have been written by Rosemary Griffin alone, though the dedication of Cheers for the Ponies is “To Paddy, with many thanks for making me write at all.” Presumably this Paddy is the same one as the joint author of the first book..
Finding the books: all the titles are reasonably easy to find, and generally not too expensive.
Cheers for the Ponies
Blackie, London, 1954, illus Peter Biegel
(authored by Rosemary Griffin)
Chris and her brother Anthony are home from school. They and their friends the Ramsays
have a horsy summer
planned, but the Ramsays aren’t sure how it’ll all work out, as
their cousins from Leicestershire, who ride
with the Quorn, are coming with their
ponies. The Leicestershire lot are rather full of themselves, but soon learn
the error
of their ways. They all decide to camp out in two camps, each camp to spy on the
other camp and steal
their “treasure”. Then, while they’re out, they come across two
dishevelled men plotting in the barn...
The Ponies Camped Too
Blackie, London, 1950
Reprinted 1957
(authored by Rosemary Griffin)
Many thanks to Susan Bourgeau for the picture.
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