Margaret Osborne [Shiel], having persuaded ‘The Collie Association’ committee to adopt a policy of breeder/exhibitor education, took on the task of editing the now much sought after ‘Collie Association Handbook’, a first for any British Collie Club, of 1952. Printed by Renault Printing Company in Birmingham, and complied by the Handbook Sub-Committee of Mr S Allsop [Wychelms] Mrs Nadine George [Beulah] and Miss Clare Molony [Westcarrs], all of which supplied major contributions to the text A significant portion of this work is devoted to Miss Osborne’s lineage research illustrated by her Collie Lines and Family charts depicting Tail Male lines and Female Collie families of post war winners. Of equal interest is the Portrait Gallery, with 3 generation pedigrees, of CC Winners, which includes such famous names as: Int Ch Lochinvar of Ladypark born 1 Feb. 1947, Chs Beulah’s Golden Futureson (28.2.43) and Beulah’s Golden Conquest (28.11.46) photographed against a backdrop of major trophies prior to being exported to the USA, also shown are the Smooth Collie Champions Laund Main (15.11.45) and Wychelms Silver Maid born July 1941.

In addition to Miss Molony’s ‘Rough Collies Between The Wars’ article, Mrs George’s advice on ‘Selecting a Puppy’, Mr Allsop covers the Smooth Collie, Mrs Ada Bishop [Laund] supplies a brief insight into her father, Mr W. W. Stansfield, and the Laund Kennel, nor are Bearded Collies forgotten. The membership list, dated 30 September 1951, reading like a whose who of historical kennel names includes Peterblue, Killartry, Shearcliffe, Riffelsee, Ladypark, Lyncliffe, Mariemeau, Mywicks, Alphington, Shiel, Helengowan, and many more.

Kennel advertisements making up the remainder feature a memorial to Mr F. W. Ball and his Backwoods Collies, and include entries from Wythenshawe, Ladypark, and Riffelsee, perhaps better known today as Hazel Hunt’s Rifflesea, but the highlight must be the eleven page pictorial history of Mrs George’s Beulah kennel spanning a 28 year period from 1920.