Herbert Bradshaw Second horseman at Beezlings Farm in Doddington (owned by Fred Rickwood, head  horsekeeper George Wadlow). 

Aged 85 (in 2014) Herbert  has worked with horses since he was fourteen.

Alan Rickwood. Aged 73 (in 2014) Alan is the son of Fred Rickwood who owned Beezlings Farm in Doddington &Blakes Yard Farm in Chatteris. 

Fred Rickwood was the son of Charles Rickwood who owned Tithebarn Farm and Wood Farm in Chatteris. 

Charles had a brother Arthur Samuel Rickwood known as 'the Carrot King’ who owned farms in Somerham and Chatteris. In later life he owned a small riding centre in Chatteris.

John Maycock  Aged 81 (in 2014) A horseman and son of a well-known horseman, Bill Maycock, from Chatteris and March.  John worked from the age of fourteen  at Curf Farm in Chatteris (owned by Leonard Childs). 

John  won the Chatteris Ploughing Matches several years running.

He  won his first team cup when he was just seventeen.

Alan Burbridge Aged 75 (in 2014)  Mr Burbridge worked  on farms in Warboys and Manea . Although he wasn’t a trained horseman  Alan undertook such tasks as ploughing, drilling, harvesting and carting . 

His father (Reginald Burbridge )was a horsekeeper who won several Chatteris Ploughing Matches.  His grandfather (John Burbridge) was also a horsekeeper in in the Warboys area. John owned a small printed book called Rarey’s Treatment and Horse Management Book,  dating from around 1890. 

(See our page, The Origins of Horse Whispering, for more information about the famous John Rarey, and other nineteenth-century travelling showman horse-tamers.)

Ray Scott  Vice Chair of Wisbech Shire Horse Society. Graham has showed horses for thirty years.  Ray has a collection of rare  'stallion cards' (See our page The Entire Men for more information on these). Ray has also recorded the memories of older horsekeepers from the Wisbech/ Fenland area.

Graham Ward Horsebreeder, horseman and farmer’s son from Gorefield. 

His grandfather (Stanley Ward) owned the Decoy Farm in Gorefield.  His father (Tom Ward) was one of the founding members of Wisbech Shire Horse Society.  Graham also owned and worked on the farm. He remembers the horsemen on the farm over the years,  and the effect of mechanisation  He is now Chair of Wisbech Shire Horse Society.

Graham has won national and international awards for showing, and was winner of  International Horse Show of the Year Award (Shires) in 1976. 

Roger Macey  Roger and his wife Denise have given invaluable help to our project. They both took part in our school 'living history plough day' and Roger was filmed at Prickwillow for our DVD The Horseman's Word. He and his wife compete all over the country with their magnificent Shires, Beau & Zebedee.