Showing posts with label apprentice. Show all posts
Showing posts with label apprentice. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 22, 2017

Saint Clement's Twanky Dillo Day is a Lost Hoof History Holiday

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Imagine a holiday when tradition dictated that farriers and blacksmiths fire their anvils with gunpowder, then roam the streets and knock ...
Friday, July 01, 2016

Discipline Committee strips British farrier of right to practice; apprentice complained of bullying

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A sculpture honoring the relationship between a master and apprentice above the  Craiglockhart Primary School  in Edinburgh, Scotland. Pho...
Saturday, September 27, 2014

Australian Farriers Seek Regulation of Profession in New South Wales

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A farrier revolt has been brewing for some time in the state of New South Wales in Australia. Some--but not all--farriers there are ang...
Monday, February 10, 2014

Sochi-Inspired History: The World's Largest Horseshoeing Business Was in Russia

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The amazing horse light sculptures in the Sochi Olympics opening ceremony told the Russian legend of each day's sunrise being pulled a...
Saturday, January 25, 2014

World Champions at Work: Farriers Varini and Robinson Win Equestrian Business of the Year Award in Scotland

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World Champion farriers David Varini (left) and Paul Robinson (right) are partners in a farrier service company in Scotland. They recently...
Friday, June 28, 2013

British Farrier Training: College-Based Training Replaces Agency-Run Apprentice System

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For as long as there have been farriers, there have surely been apprentices, because that is how the skills and knowledge were passed down...
Wednesday, April 10, 2013

A Career on the Hoof: Does Geography Matter?

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If you're considering a career in hoofcare (or know someone who is), this video might be helpful to you. The requirements of the job...
Friday, August 06, 2010

Another Shed Row Heard From

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Yesterday's blog story about the things that people see every day but don't stop to capture in photographs prompted Ada Gates to ...
Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Friends at Work: Colten Preston, Australian Farrier Apprentice of the Year

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16 December 2009 | Fran Jurga's Hoof Blog at Hoofcare.com Queensland's Colten Preston has been named Farrier Apprentice of the Yea...
Wednesday, September 02, 2009

The Universal Farrier Apprentice

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by Fran Jurga | 2 September 2009 | Fran Jurga Hoof Blog I had an idea for this blog post: Everyone turn the sound off when you watch this ...
Thursday, December 25, 2008

Was Popeye the Sailor Man a Farrier, too ? Vintage Popeye Horseshoeing Cartoons

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(Sorry, you may have to watch an ad before the Popeye cartoon.) If the video does not play, click here:  http://www.dailymotion.com/vi...
Thursday, December 04, 2008

Friends at Work: Meet Brian Cameron, Award-Winning National Senior Apprentice Farrier in New Zealand

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by Fran Jurga | 4 December 2008 | www.hoofcare.blogspot.com When New Zealand apprentice farrier Brian Cameron puts down the last horse'...
Saturday, April 14, 2007

Pedophile and Farrier: Safe to Mix?

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A phone call tip from British farrier Giles Holtom FWCF the other day tipped me off to a row among British farriers over the admission of a...