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Lyndhurst in old pictures - the village centre
Here is a selection of old pictures showing Lyndhurst as it was in days-gone-by. Most, if not all, of the buildings seen in these charming images remain visible today, many little changed. Fashions, though, have inevitably been updated many times, horse drawn vehicles are now rarely seen in the village, traffic has very significantly increased and, consequently, commoners' ponies and other animals have been banished from the roadsides.
Lyndhurst - an early 20th century view
Lyndhurst High Street -
a colourful early view
a colourful early view
Lyndhurst High Street again - from the days
when illumination was provided by gas lamps
when illumination was provided by gas lamps
Lyndhurst - a 1909 scene showing the High Street,
viewed from near the Stag Hotel
viewed from near the Stag Hotel
Lyndhurst - a later (1940s?) view of the High Street,
long before the introduction of the current one-way traffic system
long before the introduction of the current one-way traffic system
Ponies not too many years ago wandered
beside the now very busy A337 Romsey Road
beside the now very busy A337 Romsey Road
The A337 and ponies again, this time in
a view that also shows the Evergreens Hotel
a view that also shows the Evergreens Hotel
Lyndhurst - donkeys near the Post Office in the days when
commoners' animals roamed the High Street
commoners' animals roamed the High Street
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** New Forest ponies and other animals**
Sadly, 58 animals were killed - 35 ponies, 13 cows, 8 donkeys and 2 sheep, whilst a further 32 were injured - 3 pigs, 9 donkeys, 11 cows and 9 ponies.
(Forty-three accidents occurred in daylight, 15 at twilight and 101 in the dark. Twenty-seven accidents were not reported by the driver involved).
Here's just one horrific example - Three donkeys killed in collision with van at notorious New Forest blackspot (Advertiser and Times)
** Always take care when driving **
New Forest seasonal highlights
SeptemberDragonflies and damselflies remain on the wing and so do butterflies, but in ever decreasing numbers.
Hen harriers and other autumn and winter visiting birds begin to arrive in the Forest.
New Forest fungi - mushrooms and toadstools increasingly appear in the woods.
Red deer start to noisily rut as stags roar songs of love across favoured heaths.
October
Ancient, unenclosed woodlands and broad-leaved inclosures increasingly take on colourful autumnal hues.
Grey squirrels frantically seek out and store acorns for use during the cold days of winter.
Fallow deer boisterously rut for two or three weeks around the middle of the month before the bucks leave the does and eventually re-form their own male-only 'buck herds'.
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