2012 is a very special year for the Brambledale Beardies as it is fifty years since  I acquired my first Beardie, from whom all the present-day Brambledales are descended.  Here he is at three months old in summer 1962.................

........and just six months later (with my solemn sixteen-year-old self !) after winning his class at Cruft's in February 1963.

The rest of our story can be followed  decade by decade in the history pages of this site.