Len and Ivy Harrington (nee Cowley) with a friend on the island in the middle of a pond, taken at Pond House, Billingham. Len used to breed chinchillas for their fur, they couldn’t escape because of the surrounding water (unless it froze!).
Photograph and details courtesy of Ivan Harrington.
Cowley is Ivy’s married name not her maiden name, she was Len’s sister. She married Walter Whitworth Cowley.
They aren’t chinchillas though, they are plain old rabbits.