More Info →Hector McDonald III on Promise outside the Grand Hotel, Levin.

Object type:Image

Description: Written on back with blue ballpoint pen – Hector McDonald

Written on back with black ballpoint pen: “Return to Brian Moynihan”

Penciled on back: “436”

Hector McDonald III ( son of R A McDonald) on a horse called "Promise" outside The Grand Hotel, Levin.
Photograph taken by Mrs Biddy Wylie, on Durham Street.

The horse belonged to Gordon Wylie, Len Wylie's son. Gordon later went on to become the drummer in the band called "The Simple Image" which went on to tour Australia and New Zealand.
The publican's name was Franche, always wore a beret, a foreigner. The horse went in down a narrow passage and into the front bar, to great hilarity. Franche ordered him out - chased him out, which is when Mrs Wylie took the photograph.
On the ground you can see the cover of the slipway which was used to lower the 56kg wooden 'hogsheads' or barrels of beer, by ropes, down into the the cellar. \

Information supplied by Mick Wilton (Biddy Wylie's son, present when photo was taken).

Any use of this image must be accompanied by the credit “Horowhenua Historical Society Inc.”