Ravenshall is the affix of Mrs J Harris, Anthea. It is of course nowhere near as old as the Sandylands affix, and coming from Yorkshire, the other end of the country to me I don’t get to see her dogs very often. I will say though, I have seen some nice dogs descended from her lines so it would appear they are not bad dogs even if I’ve not seen many.
John, where would I find this info? KC or Sandylands site ?
Obviously it is all in the Breed Record Supplements Rhoni but of course if you don’t have the back issues then that avenue is out. The KC do a database for sale at something like £500 which, although nice is out as far as I’m concerned!!! I’m not sure if Sandylands actually have a website, although the internet does carry a wealth of info if you do a search on something like Google. Gradually over the years I have put my own dogs onto a database. To that I’ve added dogs who interest me, both show and working. Books have added quite a bit more, such as, “The Show Labrador Retriever of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1945 – 1995 Volume two” by Richard Edwards (Which although packed with info on breeding lines is as heavy to read as it’s title!!!) Another is the wonderful books by Dr Isabella Kraft. These books are page after page of pedigrees! I have “The Workers” which contains the pedigree of every FT champion from 1904 to 1993. All the info is available somewhere, it only needs finding.
As I’ve said before, I love Labradors and their pedigrees are a word picture to the dogs if you really study them.
Regards, John