MPX5088661: For the love of Flower - Love stopped a sale at the biggest horse fair in the north this week. Everyone wanted to buy Flower, the month-old, 17-inch tall Shetland pony owned by 11 - year - old Violet Buck, of The Croft, Bentley, Yorkshire. As she gave Flower a bath in a bucket of water Violet said; "I can't sell her because she is so tiny and I love her so much. "Dozens of people asked to buy her but I couldn't part with Flower. I just took her to Appleby Fair for a few days outing. Daddy has sold some of his horses but Flower and I will be together for a long time." All the other horses for sale were shampooed in the river to attract the buyers. Circa 1970 / Bridgeman Images