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News from West Runton...

Rescued Heavy Horses arrive...

Reg and Nemo came                                                                           Sign of the Times...
to us from a ‘so-called’
animal sanctuary                                                                            The village sign at West
where the owner was                                                                         Runton was given a face-lift
prosecuted for                                                                              recently and is looking
neglecting the animals                                                                      rather nice. The sign
and was banned from                                                                         features some history and
keeping animals for                                                                         attractions in the area,
five years.                                                                                 including the famous
                                                                                            Runton elephant, which is a
                    Reg and Nemo enjoying their new life at Hillside Shire Horse Sanctuary  700,000 year old mammoth
                                                                                            whose bones were
AA HHoorrssee CCaalllleedd DDrreeww                                                         discovered in the cliffs at
                                                                                            West Runton in 1990 and
Drew is one of five heavy horses                                                            is the most complete
we took in from the Working                                                                 mammoth skeleton ever
Horse Trust when they were                                                                  found. The picture next to
forced to close in 2017 after                                                               the elephant depicts horses
losing their land. We thought you                                                           and a donkey in a field in
might like to see this picture of                                                           reference to Hillside Shire
Drew at work in his previous                                                                Horse Sanctuary.
home. He is now, of course,
happily retired and living           Drew, in his younger days, at work in his previous     The tradition of village signs
contentedly with all our other                 home at the Working Horse Trust              is believed to have started
rescued heavies at Hillside Shire                                                           in Norfolk early in the 20th
Horse Sanctuary where he is                                                                 century when Edward VII
always pleased to meet the                                                                  suggested that village signs
visitors on Open Days (See page 3).                                                         would aid motorists and
                                                                                            give a feature of interest on
                                                                                            the Sandringham Estate.

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