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Happy2Bhere
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Post Number: 3803
Registered: 02-2008
Posted on Sunday, January 02, 2011 - 03:11 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

....please share yours.

Whilst randomly searching on the Internet, I discovered this attached pic of a Mexican type saddle decorated with silver.

This instantly brought back fond memories of those Saturday Matinees and the Rivoli Theatre in San Benito Texas many, many years ago [circa 1950].

Movie hero Roy Rogers most always had a saddle similar to this one on his trusty horse Trigger.

NOTE: "God gave us memories so that we can have roses in December"






Ol' Bob
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nicola j
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Post Number: 136
Registered: 08-2008
Posted on Wednesday, January 05, 2011 - 11:17 am:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

As a child my mum and dad would take my sister and i to Blackpool for the day on the train,to go on the beach and funfair. We were also treated to the circus at the Blackpool Tower. Fond memories!
Nicola x



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Jack R
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Post Number: 236
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Posted on Wednesday, January 05, 2011 - 02:07 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Ol' Bob - remarkable piece of craftsmanship. Regretfully not many people here will recall Roy & Dale along with Sky King, Cisco Kid (not Gregg),Long Ranger & Tonto and don't forget Gene.

Nicola, there will be a day when you can take your niece there and share those memories.
Cardiac history going back to 1993. Heart Transplant received in Oct. 2004. Interesting first year and have been very physically active ever since. I currently am pro-active with the SE PA. Gift of Life and a member of Johns Hopkins patient administered Heart Transplant Foundation.
Happy2Bhere
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Post Number: 3814
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Posted on Wednesday, January 05, 2011 - 03:08 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Nicola,

Thank you for sharing your memories.

Jack, it keeps slipping my mind about how old I am, by golly. LOL

Ol' Bob
Texas Bob
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Frank J.
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Username: Txaggie86

Post Number: 214
Registered: 03-2009
Posted on Wednesday, January 05, 2011 - 06:29 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

When I lived in South Texas, there was a radio station in Mexico (otherwise known as a border blaster) that showed the old serials, the Cisco kid and Roy's adventures.

My mother would tell us of the time she met Gene Autry when she was a child. She was so thrilled.
Frank Jones
Liver Transplants at Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA April 2005 and April 2006.
By cultivating the beautiful we scatter the seeds of heavenly flowers, as by doing good we cultivate those that belong to humanity.
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Happy2Bhere
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Post Number: 3816
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Posted on Wednesday, January 05, 2011 - 06:39 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

South Texas !!

Frank, I was born near San Benito in south Texas, went to high school in La Feria.

Back during the earlier years, these Hollywood cowboy stars would bring their horses onstage at local theatres whilst on tour promoting their various movies. They rode passenger trains from town to town.

Sweet memories

Ol' Bob
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Heart Transplant performed Jan 28th 1991
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Happy2Bhere
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Post Number: 3817
Registered: 02-2008
Posted on Wednesday, January 05, 2011 - 06:54 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

NOTE:

The silver studded saddle on Roy Rogers horse Trigger in the pic.

Ol' Bob
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Gensweeps
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Post Number: 101
Registered: 10-2009
Posted on Wednesday, January 05, 2011 - 07:14 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Awww isn't he beautiful! :-)
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Lives in Australia.

Cfer listed 7th May 2009
Got my lovelies on June 22nd 2010

Happy2Bhere
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Post Number: 3818
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Posted on Wednesday, January 05, 2011 - 07:40 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Genevieve,

Have you ever tried to throw a saddle on one of those kangaroos over there? <snicker>

Ol' Bob
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Heart Transplant performed Jan 28th 1991
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Gensweeps
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Post Number: 102
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Posted on Wednesday, January 05, 2011 - 11:44 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Errr, if I tried, I'd have my eyeballs scratched out...lol!!!
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Lives in Australia.

Cfer listed 7th May 2009
Got my lovelies on June 22nd 2010

Frank J.
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Post Number: 215
Registered: 03-2009
Posted on Thursday, January 06, 2011 - 09:50 am:   Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Bob,
We lived in Weslaco in the late 70s and early 80s. It is not to far from San Benito and La Feria at all.
When I was growing up, the Valley was best known for the farm land and the winter Texans.
Every year the Lions would sponsor a minstrel show with great performers that came down for the great weather. There was some man that sang "Ol' Man River" that knocked people's socks off!
Frank Jones
Liver Transplants at Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA April 2005 and April 2006.
By cultivating the beautiful we scatter the seeds of heavenly flowers, as by doing good we cultivate those that belong to humanity.
Robert A. Heinlein

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