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Hounds, which were kennelled temporarily at Rossington were now moved to the newly completed kennels at Womersley. Miss Armstrong Jones came in as joint Master for one season.
Mr. David Brown continued as sole Master from 1947 to 1949. In 1947, Captain Cohn McAndrew came as Amateur huntsman, and showed good sport for a couple of seasons, before going as Joint Master with Lord Barnard to the Zetland. Mr. W. Cressy was then amateur huntsman till 1949.
In 1949, the joint Mastership was taken by Mr. John King and Mr. Milton Asquith. J. Hollins was put on as huntsman in 1951, and was succeeded next season by George Knight, who did much to improve sport.
In 1954 new kennels, with modern accommodation for hounds, horses, and Hunt Staff, were taken over, the Hunt having purchased Hillthorpe Manor, Thorpe Audlin, which had been part of the estate of Miss G.M. Cooke, a well-known supporter of the Badsworth. Mr. Asquith retired from the joint Mastership at the end of the 1951-2 season, Mr. King then carrying on single handed.
In 1956 Mr. King put on Jack Stevens as huntsman. Stevens came from the South Berks., and had previously been with the Duke of Buccleuch's as whipper-in to Tom Smith.
In 1958, the Mastership was taken over by Mrs. Lorna King and Mr. John MacLean. Stevens continued as huntsman, and had G. Jones as whipper-in. At the beginning of the 1959 season, Mr. John Haigh, a former acting Master and huntsman of the Rockwood Harriers, took over the Mastership, hunting hounds himself, with Bert Taylor as 1st whipper-in and kennel huntsman.
In 1960, Miss Eileen Asquith joined Mr. Haigh in Mastership. This continued until 1962 when Mr. Haigh retired and Lt. Col. C .G. M. Gordon joined Miss Asquith as Joint Master and Bert Taylor was put on as huntsman.
Thanks largely to the efforts of Mr. King, a really good, workmanlike pack has been built up in the Hillthorpe kennels, the old Badsworth lines fostered.