tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8444655216015826707.post8452483264781580789..comments2024-03-28T07:24:02.781+00:00Comments on Faded London: A Hidden Wimbledon Horse TroughYelfyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12151975456880168482noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8444655216015826707.post-48746308874709528702011-12-08T14:50:09.273+00:002011-12-08T14:50:09.273+00:00I think the spurs were for the painter to stand on...I think the spurs were for the painter to stand on so he wouldn't breach Health and Safety by stretching too far above his headnike free run 2http://www.cheapnikefree2buy.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8444655216015826707.post-24110877508414267182011-04-21T22:52:05.940+01:002011-04-21T22:52:05.940+01:00Love your blog. Mine is quite a way behind yours. ...Love your blog. Mine is quite a way behind yours. I never even thought of street furniture but it certainly sums up the idea. Like to think that it is the past poking up into the present!Jol Martyn-Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11321877774731685086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8444655216015826707.post-35115926853134874982010-01-02T23:18:19.499+00:002010-01-02T23:18:19.499+00:00In answer to your question, there is no 'offic...In answer to your question, there is no 'official' trough spotting group, but I have a Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association group at flickr.com collecting photographs of extant Meropolitan Troughs/Fountains as a sort of unofficial project. You would be most welcome to add your finds to ours.<br /><br />Hundreds (if not thousands) of troughs and fountains were installed as public water supplies were extended in the 1800s. Most were in London but many more were installed across the UK and several are known to have been exported.<br /><br />Conversely, many were removed as piped water to homes became the norm and motorised vehicles replaced horses, but it's likely that, as here, many were not lost completely, just moved.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com