They were busy times forsailors of HMS Excellent
After that time fox hunting was banned, although the animals can still be shot as vermin.
In the left-hand photo we see the Master of the Hunt moving his hounds off from outside the Bat & Ball Inn at Hambledon in November 1950.
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Hide AdThe pub, at Broadhalfpenny Down was famous for having a line drawn across the bar with different bar times.
It is, of course, the home of cricket and the Hambledon Cricket Club in the 18th century.
In the other photo we see the Master of the Hunt getting the Meonstoke Hunt off from the village on Boxing Day 1950.
Many Portsmouth people were said to have turned up for the ‘off’.