Joan Moulding and Pony Punch
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- Description
- Joan Moulding, age 3 years and 2 months on her pony, Punch. Joan's father was John Thomas, called Jack, Moulding, widely respected stable manager and horseman. In Oakville, they lived on the Cox family estate as Jack had come from England in 1910 to look after the family hunters, polo ponies, riding and carriage horses with stables, polo field and riding arena. Paul, son of Jack and Jenny Moulding was born here.
Joan recalls the residence was on the north side of the Lakeshore Highway with the stables and other activity areas where south of the road. Today, we can still see some of the high rough cast walls that once bordered the property along each side of the Lakeshore Highway, east of Gairloch Gardens.
After 1924, Herbert Cox was in Canada at the estate only during the summer. Jack had the opportunity to move to manage the stable of Charles Howard in Greenwich, Connecticut, where daughter Joan was born. This photograph of Joan and Pony Punch was taken in Connecticut in about 1929.
Mr. Howard was Master of the Hunt for the area. Jack's work was with hunters, polo and the family's pleasure horses.
The Moulding family returned to Oakville in 1937, when Joan was 11, because Jack's health was declining. - Notes
- The Cox estate was built by Herbert Coplain Cox and it is believed Herbert and Jack met in England. The residence was built in 1910. Herbert Cox was a leading Canadian financier, President of the Canada Life Assurance Company (his father, George A. Cox, had also held this position).
- Subject(s)
- Personal Name(s)
- Joan (Moulding) Garside John Thomas (Jack) Moulding
- Local identifier
- TTJMG000333
- Collection
- Trafalgar Township Historical Society
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.4473682625124 Longitude: -79.6665048808289
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Trafalgar Township Historical Society Sponsor: Jeff Knoll, Local & Regional Councillor for Oakville Ward 5 – Town of Oakville/Regional Municipality of Halton
