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Walton Street, Walton-on-the-Hill
and year 1973
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For Want of a Shoe. Mr J.A. Ibbotson a Master Farrier has two apprentice farriers working for him at The Forge, Walton Street, Walton on the Hill, Surrey. The apprenticeship scheme that the Farriers' Company decided to sponsor in 1958 has been expanding satisfactorily. There are about 1,200 shoeing smiths in the country, many of them elderly, to deal with a horse population of 400,000 - and still growing. Something like 1,500 smiths are really needed. The Farriers' Company scheme had 90 apprentices under training in 1972. Photo shows:- Mr. J.A. Ibbotson shows Mark Hall age 17 years old and Paul Ibbotson, age 19 years how to make a horse show at The Forge, Walton on the Hill, Surrey where there there hasbeen a forge on the site for 200 years. 23rd March 1973. Fox Photos Ltd.
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