IT IS with sadness I have to report the passing of Mrs Nellie Ennals of the Bringtonhill Great Danes. She is one of the last links the breed had with the post war era. As a young teenager I well remember meeting Nellie at the first post war show for the breed after the war organised
by the Great Dane Breeders Association. Nellie, often reminded me over the years how I was overheard to say ‘how young Mrs Ennals looks’!! Where have all those years gone??

Nellie bred several of the immediate post-war Champions, but one of the very early Champions that stands out is the red fawn dog Ch Basra Of Bringtonhill. She had a unique claim to fame in that she was able to bring back the BLUE colour, which had been lost over the war years in the UK and in one of my meetings with the Beryl Lee Booker (mother of the late Dibbie Somerfield of Panfield Boxer fame) she asked me to recommend to the Great Dane Club that Nellie should have the honour of receiving the Lee Booker Trophy which is awarded to those who do something considered of merit in the breed and is held for two years.

Nellie who just failed to make the Century, had until very recently attended Great Dane Shows held in the Midlands, and although failing eye sight made things difficult for her, she loved to be amongst Dane people and their dogs.

A regular exhibitor over 60 years there are many Daneites who will have happy memories of Nellie.

Jean Lanning