Joanna here, looking into two-hu
ndred-year-old animal welfare issues.
London, up till this last hundred years or so, was just plumb full of horses — horses being ridden, horses pulling carts and wagons, horses pulling carriages. So I got to thinking about how these thousands of Regency horses got water to drink, London not being full of little trickling streams and all.
The answer, of course, is horse troughs. These were a private enterprise in 1800, rather than a municipal concern. Livery stables and every mews with horse and carriage would have had water for the horses and a stable boy to fetch it. Water accessible to a passing rider seems to have been the offering of inns and taverns, luring customers with drink for the horses as well as drink fo
r the man.
Some, like this to the right, were obviously free to the public, to anyone riding along this road. Other places doubtless expected a tip or an outright fee. One later public house water trough is inscribed: All that water their horses here Must pay a penny or have some beer. Hmmm … hard choice, that.
These Regency water troughs were made of wood and generally elevated off the ground. They'd have been filled, bucket by bucket, by some inn servant or tavern boy sent out with the admonition, "And mind you don't dawdle about it." What you might call, 'running water'.
These wooden troughs have disappeared in the intervening centuries, but we have surviving Victorian horse troughs, here and there in London. These were put in place on the streets by benevolent societies. Benevolent for the horses on the street and benevolent for the people too — they often had a drinking fountain at one end. 
In this photo to the right you can see the pump that filled this Victorian trough. And here below is a man using this sort of pump.
Above is very typical example of the surviving Victorian horse troughs. The upraised part at the end was the drinking fountain for humans.
Horses are gone from the streets. The Regency horse troughs utterly disintegrated. Local folks plant flowers in the old Victorian concrete water troughs and tourists follow maps, going from one to the other.
So, if you were a philanthropic society, what would you put on the streets of your home town to improve the quality of life?
I don’t know about a philanthropic society, but here in Australia it is becoming quite common to see dog’s water bowls outside restaurants today, especially those with outside seating. So many take their dogs for a walk and spend time with a coffee on the way. Therefore a bowl of water is great for the dog. I have never seen a dog in such a place who wasn’t well behaved. So from me water bowls for dogs.
I don’t know about a philanthropic society, but here in Australia it is becoming quite common to see dog’s water bowls outside restaurants today, especially those with outside seating. So many take their dogs for a walk and spend time with a coffee on the way. Therefore a bowl of water is great for the dog. I have never seen a dog in such a place who wasn’t well behaved. So from me water bowls for dogs.
I don’t know about a philanthropic society, but here in Australia it is becoming quite common to see dog’s water bowls outside restaurants today, especially those with outside seating. So many take their dogs for a walk and spend time with a coffee on the way. Therefore a bowl of water is great for the dog. I have never seen a dog in such a place who wasn’t well behaved. So from me water bowls for dogs.
I don’t know about a philanthropic society, but here in Australia it is becoming quite common to see dog’s water bowls outside restaurants today, especially those with outside seating. So many take their dogs for a walk and spend time with a coffee on the way. Therefore a bowl of water is great for the dog. I have never seen a dog in such a place who wasn’t well behaved. So from me water bowls for dogs.
I don’t know about a philanthropic society, but here in Australia it is becoming quite common to see dog’s water bowls outside restaurants today, especially those with outside seating. So many take their dogs for a walk and spend time with a coffee on the way. Therefore a bowl of water is great for the dog. I have never seen a dog in such a place who wasn’t well behaved. So from me water bowls for dogs.
Cool idea. I like the idea of dog’s water dishes at intervals about the town.
Cool idea. I like the idea of dog’s water dishes at intervals about the town.
Cool idea. I like the idea of dog’s water dishes at intervals about the town.
Cool idea. I like the idea of dog’s water dishes at intervals about the town.
Cool idea. I like the idea of dog’s water dishes at intervals about the town.
I would focus my efforts on breaking the cycle of homelessness and unemployment. I would try to ensure that no-one had to sleep rough. In particular, young people are often caught in a vicious circle and can’t get a home because they can’t get a job because they don’t have a secure base.
I would focus my efforts on breaking the cycle of homelessness and unemployment. I would try to ensure that no-one had to sleep rough. In particular, young people are often caught in a vicious circle and can’t get a home because they can’t get a job because they don’t have a secure base.
I would focus my efforts on breaking the cycle of homelessness and unemployment. I would try to ensure that no-one had to sleep rough. In particular, young people are often caught in a vicious circle and can’t get a home because they can’t get a job because they don’t have a secure base.
I would focus my efforts on breaking the cycle of homelessness and unemployment. I would try to ensure that no-one had to sleep rough. In particular, young people are often caught in a vicious circle and can’t get a home because they can’t get a job because they don’t have a secure base.
I would focus my efforts on breaking the cycle of homelessness and unemployment. I would try to ensure that no-one had to sleep rough. In particular, young people are often caught in a vicious circle and can’t get a home because they can’t get a job because they don’t have a secure base.
I live in a city where security is a major concern. It’s always nicer to see a huge concrete planter than the usual bollards.
I do see the water bowls for dogs at restaurants and coffee bars. The dogs are usually well-behaved, but I feel so sorry for those tied and left at the water bowl, crying for their owners. A much happier site is the dog on one side of the fence and the owners on the other at a table. Oh for the weather for outside dining…
Right now, it’s pothole time, so my greatest desire is for anyone–public or private–to fill in ever growing holes. I’ve read enough historical fiction to know that their road were not only potholed but heavily rutted.
I live in a city where security is a major concern. It’s always nicer to see a huge concrete planter than the usual bollards.
I do see the water bowls for dogs at restaurants and coffee bars. The dogs are usually well-behaved, but I feel so sorry for those tied and left at the water bowl, crying for their owners. A much happier site is the dog on one side of the fence and the owners on the other at a table. Oh for the weather for outside dining…
Right now, it’s pothole time, so my greatest desire is for anyone–public or private–to fill in ever growing holes. I’ve read enough historical fiction to know that their road were not only potholed but heavily rutted.
I live in a city where security is a major concern. It’s always nicer to see a huge concrete planter than the usual bollards.
I do see the water bowls for dogs at restaurants and coffee bars. The dogs are usually well-behaved, but I feel so sorry for those tied and left at the water bowl, crying for their owners. A much happier site is the dog on one side of the fence and the owners on the other at a table. Oh for the weather for outside dining…
Right now, it’s pothole time, so my greatest desire is for anyone–public or private–to fill in ever growing holes. I’ve read enough historical fiction to know that their road were not only potholed but heavily rutted.
I live in a city where security is a major concern. It’s always nicer to see a huge concrete planter than the usual bollards.
I do see the water bowls for dogs at restaurants and coffee bars. The dogs are usually well-behaved, but I feel so sorry for those tied and left at the water bowl, crying for their owners. A much happier site is the dog on one side of the fence and the owners on the other at a table. Oh for the weather for outside dining…
Right now, it’s pothole time, so my greatest desire is for anyone–public or private–to fill in ever growing holes. I’ve read enough historical fiction to know that their road were not only potholed but heavily rutted.
I live in a city where security is a major concern. It’s always nicer to see a huge concrete planter than the usual bollards.
I do see the water bowls for dogs at restaurants and coffee bars. The dogs are usually well-behaved, but I feel so sorry for those tied and left at the water bowl, crying for their owners. A much happier site is the dog on one side of the fence and the owners on the other at a table. Oh for the weather for outside dining…
Right now, it’s pothole time, so my greatest desire is for anyone–public or private–to fill in ever growing holes. I’ve read enough historical fiction to know that their road were not only potholed but heavily rutted.
Where I live is pretty suburban, meaning that the streets are devoted to cars. If I could do something, I would put in sidewalks, so people could go for a walk (safely) without having to drive to a park first.
Where I live is pretty suburban, meaning that the streets are devoted to cars. If I could do something, I would put in sidewalks, so people could go for a walk (safely) without having to drive to a park first.
Where I live is pretty suburban, meaning that the streets are devoted to cars. If I could do something, I would put in sidewalks, so people could go for a walk (safely) without having to drive to a park first.
Where I live is pretty suburban, meaning that the streets are devoted to cars. If I could do something, I would put in sidewalks, so people could go for a walk (safely) without having to drive to a park first.
Where I live is pretty suburban, meaning that the streets are devoted to cars. If I could do something, I would put in sidewalks, so people could go for a walk (safely) without having to drive to a park first.
Horses in cities is still a philantrophic issue. A group in New York City is trying to end the horse drawn carriage rides downtown. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/19/nyregion/who-speaks-for-the-horses-in-battle-over-carriages.html?_r=0
I would love cities to go back to the days of electric trollies and horse as the air pollution is horrible for those with asthma (and probably anyone who has lungs).
Horses in cities is still a philantrophic issue. A group in New York City is trying to end the horse drawn carriage rides downtown. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/19/nyregion/who-speaks-for-the-horses-in-battle-over-carriages.html?_r=0
I would love cities to go back to the days of electric trollies and horse as the air pollution is horrible for those with asthma (and probably anyone who has lungs).
Horses in cities is still a philantrophic issue. A group in New York City is trying to end the horse drawn carriage rides downtown. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/19/nyregion/who-speaks-for-the-horses-in-battle-over-carriages.html?_r=0
I would love cities to go back to the days of electric trollies and horse as the air pollution is horrible for those with asthma (and probably anyone who has lungs).
Horses in cities is still a philantrophic issue. A group in New York City is trying to end the horse drawn carriage rides downtown. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/19/nyregion/who-speaks-for-the-horses-in-battle-over-carriages.html?_r=0
I would love cities to go back to the days of electric trollies and horse as the air pollution is horrible for those with asthma (and probably anyone who has lungs).
Horses in cities is still a philantrophic issue. A group in New York City is trying to end the horse drawn carriage rides downtown. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/19/nyregion/who-speaks-for-the-horses-in-battle-over-carriages.html?_r=0
I would love cities to go back to the days of electric trollies and horse as the air pollution is horrible for those with asthma (and probably anyone who has lungs).
There was a different pollution problem in pre-auto New York. In the early 20th century, people were afraid the city would be buried in horse shit. Newspapers editorialized on the subject. Streetsweepers were kept busy. And the smell was noticeable.
There was a different pollution problem in pre-auto New York. In the early 20th century, people were afraid the city would be buried in horse shit. Newspapers editorialized on the subject. Streetsweepers were kept busy. And the smell was noticeable.
There was a different pollution problem in pre-auto New York. In the early 20th century, people were afraid the city would be buried in horse shit. Newspapers editorialized on the subject. Streetsweepers were kept busy. And the smell was noticeable.
There was a different pollution problem in pre-auto New York. In the early 20th century, people were afraid the city would be buried in horse shit. Newspapers editorialized on the subject. Streetsweepers were kept busy. And the smell was noticeable.
There was a different pollution problem in pre-auto New York. In the early 20th century, people were afraid the city would be buried in horse shit. Newspapers editorialized on the subject. Streetsweepers were kept busy. And the smell was noticeable.
I would be so much in favor of this. I see little dog dishes up and down the side of the street and in the dog parks filled by some automatic system.
I have something like this at home. A bottle that turns over the dish and mysteriously doesn’t just all run out. I’m sure there is a principle of physics that accounts for this, but I don’t know what it might be.
And yes. On the fancy walking street with all the outside cafes in the town about an hour away, the waiters bring water for the dog while you sit and eat. I love it.
I would be so much in favor of this. I see little dog dishes up and down the side of the street and in the dog parks filled by some automatic system.
I have something like this at home. A bottle that turns over the dish and mysteriously doesn’t just all run out. I’m sure there is a principle of physics that accounts for this, but I don’t know what it might be.
And yes. On the fancy walking street with all the outside cafes in the town about an hour away, the waiters bring water for the dog while you sit and eat. I love it.
I would be so much in favor of this. I see little dog dishes up and down the side of the street and in the dog parks filled by some automatic system.
I have something like this at home. A bottle that turns over the dish and mysteriously doesn’t just all run out. I’m sure there is a principle of physics that accounts for this, but I don’t know what it might be.
And yes. On the fancy walking street with all the outside cafes in the town about an hour away, the waiters bring water for the dog while you sit and eat. I love it.
I would be so much in favor of this. I see little dog dishes up and down the side of the street and in the dog parks filled by some automatic system.
I have something like this at home. A bottle that turns over the dish and mysteriously doesn’t just all run out. I’m sure there is a principle of physics that accounts for this, but I don’t know what it might be.
And yes. On the fancy walking street with all the outside cafes in the town about an hour away, the waiters bring water for the dog while you sit and eat. I love it.
I would be so much in favor of this. I see little dog dishes up and down the side of the street and in the dog parks filled by some automatic system.
I have something like this at home. A bottle that turns over the dish and mysteriously doesn’t just all run out. I’m sure there is a principle of physics that accounts for this, but I don’t know what it might be.
And yes. On the fancy walking street with all the outside cafes in the town about an hour away, the waiters bring water for the dog while you sit and eat. I love it.
Excellent and informative post, Joanna. Even in the middle of horse country (in the U. S.) water troughs for horses have mostly disappeared to be replaced by the automatic waterer. Very occasionally on an older farm, one might find a cement trough, usually round.
I’m not sure about a philanthropic work. I live in such a basketball-mad city that the current project of re-doing the downtown arena where our university team plays has the entire state in ecstasy.
Excellent and informative post, Joanna. Even in the middle of horse country (in the U. S.) water troughs for horses have mostly disappeared to be replaced by the automatic waterer. Very occasionally on an older farm, one might find a cement trough, usually round.
I’m not sure about a philanthropic work. I live in such a basketball-mad city that the current project of re-doing the downtown arena where our university team plays has the entire state in ecstasy.
Excellent and informative post, Joanna. Even in the middle of horse country (in the U. S.) water troughs for horses have mostly disappeared to be replaced by the automatic waterer. Very occasionally on an older farm, one might find a cement trough, usually round.
I’m not sure about a philanthropic work. I live in such a basketball-mad city that the current project of re-doing the downtown arena where our university team plays has the entire state in ecstasy.
Excellent and informative post, Joanna. Even in the middle of horse country (in the U. S.) water troughs for horses have mostly disappeared to be replaced by the automatic waterer. Very occasionally on an older farm, one might find a cement trough, usually round.
I’m not sure about a philanthropic work. I live in such a basketball-mad city that the current project of re-doing the downtown arena where our university team plays has the entire state in ecstasy.
Excellent and informative post, Joanna. Even in the middle of horse country (in the U. S.) water troughs for horses have mostly disappeared to be replaced by the automatic waterer. Very occasionally on an older farm, one might find a cement trough, usually round.
I’m not sure about a philanthropic work. I live in such a basketball-mad city that the current project of re-doing the downtown arena where our university team plays has the entire state in ecstasy.
Hi HJ —
Out in the country, where I live, feeding and sheltering the most acute edge of homelessness mostly falls into the hands of a coalition of churches. I surely would like to see this as a well-supported community effort.
Hi HJ —
Out in the country, where I live, feeding and sheltering the most acute edge of homelessness mostly falls into the hands of a coalition of churches. I surely would like to see this as a well-supported community effort.
Hi HJ —
Out in the country, where I live, feeding and sheltering the most acute edge of homelessness mostly falls into the hands of a coalition of churches. I surely would like to see this as a well-supported community effort.
Hi HJ —
Out in the country, where I live, feeding and sheltering the most acute edge of homelessness mostly falls into the hands of a coalition of churches. I surely would like to see this as a well-supported community effort.
Hi HJ —
Out in the country, where I live, feeding and sheltering the most acute edge of homelessness mostly falls into the hands of a coalition of churches. I surely would like to see this as a well-supported community effort.
Hi Shannon —
Ah … potholes …
I think what we need is a little truck with two people on it. They could run around all day long, filling in potholes. Maybe have an 800 number right there in the truck to receive calls from the outraged and potholed.
Ruts in the thoroughfare would seem to be an inevitable result of skinny wheels and roads made of dirt. So unfair. My own road is unpaved and I try to take a slightly different edge in and out every time to avoid ruttage.
The paving and maintenance of highways in England is kinda interesting. There’s a wiki on it … http://tinyurl.com/ngefgny
Hi Shannon —
Ah … potholes …
I think what we need is a little truck with two people on it. They could run around all day long, filling in potholes. Maybe have an 800 number right there in the truck to receive calls from the outraged and potholed.
Ruts in the thoroughfare would seem to be an inevitable result of skinny wheels and roads made of dirt. So unfair. My own road is unpaved and I try to take a slightly different edge in and out every time to avoid ruttage.
The paving and maintenance of highways in England is kinda interesting. There’s a wiki on it … http://tinyurl.com/ngefgny
Hi Shannon —
Ah … potholes …
I think what we need is a little truck with two people on it. They could run around all day long, filling in potholes. Maybe have an 800 number right there in the truck to receive calls from the outraged and potholed.
Ruts in the thoroughfare would seem to be an inevitable result of skinny wheels and roads made of dirt. So unfair. My own road is unpaved and I try to take a slightly different edge in and out every time to avoid ruttage.
The paving and maintenance of highways in England is kinda interesting. There’s a wiki on it … http://tinyurl.com/ngefgny
Hi Shannon —
Ah … potholes …
I think what we need is a little truck with two people on it. They could run around all day long, filling in potholes. Maybe have an 800 number right there in the truck to receive calls from the outraged and potholed.
Ruts in the thoroughfare would seem to be an inevitable result of skinny wheels and roads made of dirt. So unfair. My own road is unpaved and I try to take a slightly different edge in and out every time to avoid ruttage.
The paving and maintenance of highways in England is kinda interesting. There’s a wiki on it … http://tinyurl.com/ngefgny
Hi Shannon —
Ah … potholes …
I think what we need is a little truck with two people on it. They could run around all day long, filling in potholes. Maybe have an 800 number right there in the truck to receive calls from the outraged and potholed.
Ruts in the thoroughfare would seem to be an inevitable result of skinny wheels and roads made of dirt. So unfair. My own road is unpaved and I try to take a slightly different edge in and out every time to avoid ruttage.
The paving and maintenance of highways in England is kinda interesting. There’s a wiki on it … http://tinyurl.com/ngefgny
Hi Lil —
Our enslavement to cars. Our lack of neighborhood and common green space. The just plain lack of human planning.
I do so dislike the way suburbs are put together …
Though I lived in a rather nice suburb, once, that ran the walkways along the line between properties, so you could get from place to place without being next to the streets. Then they had underpasses so you didn’t have to cross the streets to get places. Very nice. Very well-planned.
Hi Lil —
Our enslavement to cars. Our lack of neighborhood and common green space. The just plain lack of human planning.
I do so dislike the way suburbs are put together …
Though I lived in a rather nice suburb, once, that ran the walkways along the line between properties, so you could get from place to place without being next to the streets. Then they had underpasses so you didn’t have to cross the streets to get places. Very nice. Very well-planned.
Hi Lil —
Our enslavement to cars. Our lack of neighborhood and common green space. The just plain lack of human planning.
I do so dislike the way suburbs are put together …
Though I lived in a rather nice suburb, once, that ran the walkways along the line between properties, so you could get from place to place without being next to the streets. Then they had underpasses so you didn’t have to cross the streets to get places. Very nice. Very well-planned.
Hi Lil —
Our enslavement to cars. Our lack of neighborhood and common green space. The just plain lack of human planning.
I do so dislike the way suburbs are put together …
Though I lived in a rather nice suburb, once, that ran the walkways along the line between properties, so you could get from place to place without being next to the streets. Then they had underpasses so you didn’t have to cross the streets to get places. Very nice. Very well-planned.
Hi Lil —
Our enslavement to cars. Our lack of neighborhood and common green space. The just plain lack of human planning.
I do so dislike the way suburbs are put together …
Though I lived in a rather nice suburb, once, that ran the walkways along the line between properties, so you could get from place to place without being next to the streets. Then they had underpasses so you didn’t have to cross the streets to get places. Very nice. Very well-planned.
Hi Lyn —
Electric trollies. Electric taxis. And charge a toll to folks who come through the city with regular engines. More and better bike lanes. Stronger standards for engine exhaust. Oh, yes.
I’m not sufficiently knowledgeable about horses to know whether a working life in a city is inevitably evil for them. It’s a matter of some interest to a writer, actually, because the characters would have ridden or driven horses that lived full-time in cities.
Hi Lyn —
Electric trollies. Electric taxis. And charge a toll to folks who come through the city with regular engines. More and better bike lanes. Stronger standards for engine exhaust. Oh, yes.
I’m not sufficiently knowledgeable about horses to know whether a working life in a city is inevitably evil for them. It’s a matter of some interest to a writer, actually, because the characters would have ridden or driven horses that lived full-time in cities.
Hi Lyn —
Electric trollies. Electric taxis. And charge a toll to folks who come through the city with regular engines. More and better bike lanes. Stronger standards for engine exhaust. Oh, yes.
I’m not sufficiently knowledgeable about horses to know whether a working life in a city is inevitably evil for them. It’s a matter of some interest to a writer, actually, because the characters would have ridden or driven horses that lived full-time in cities.
Hi Lyn —
Electric trollies. Electric taxis. And charge a toll to folks who come through the city with regular engines. More and better bike lanes. Stronger standards for engine exhaust. Oh, yes.
I’m not sufficiently knowledgeable about horses to know whether a working life in a city is inevitably evil for them. It’s a matter of some interest to a writer, actually, because the characters would have ridden or driven horses that lived full-time in cities.
Hi Lyn —
Electric trollies. Electric taxis. And charge a toll to folks who come through the city with regular engines. More and better bike lanes. Stronger standards for engine exhaust. Oh, yes.
I’m not sufficiently knowledgeable about horses to know whether a working life in a city is inevitably evil for them. It’s a matter of some interest to a writer, actually, because the characters would have ridden or driven horses that lived full-time in cities.
Hi Donna —
We’re in a fairly damp part of the country here. Many places with cows and horses have a bit of a stream that runs through.
I have to think the animals like that.
Sports arenas — I’m going to admit that leaves me cold. But that’s just me.
The little town about an hour away set up a pavilion at the end of its walking street. I was all skeptical.
But they have bands in every weekend in the summer and the walking street is filled to bursting with folks who come to listen. It’s just lovely.
Hi Donna —
We’re in a fairly damp part of the country here. Many places with cows and horses have a bit of a stream that runs through.
I have to think the animals like that.
Sports arenas — I’m going to admit that leaves me cold. But that’s just me.
The little town about an hour away set up a pavilion at the end of its walking street. I was all skeptical.
But they have bands in every weekend in the summer and the walking street is filled to bursting with folks who come to listen. It’s just lovely.
Hi Donna —
We’re in a fairly damp part of the country here. Many places with cows and horses have a bit of a stream that runs through.
I have to think the animals like that.
Sports arenas — I’m going to admit that leaves me cold. But that’s just me.
The little town about an hour away set up a pavilion at the end of its walking street. I was all skeptical.
But they have bands in every weekend in the summer and the walking street is filled to bursting with folks who come to listen. It’s just lovely.
Hi Donna —
We’re in a fairly damp part of the country here. Many places with cows and horses have a bit of a stream that runs through.
I have to think the animals like that.
Sports arenas — I’m going to admit that leaves me cold. But that’s just me.
The little town about an hour away set up a pavilion at the end of its walking street. I was all skeptical.
But they have bands in every weekend in the summer and the walking street is filled to bursting with folks who come to listen. It’s just lovely.
Hi Donna —
We’re in a fairly damp part of the country here. Many places with cows and horses have a bit of a stream that runs through.
I have to think the animals like that.
Sports arenas — I’m going to admit that leaves me cold. But that’s just me.
The little town about an hour away set up a pavilion at the end of its walking street. I was all skeptical.
But they have bands in every weekend in the summer and the walking street is filled to bursting with folks who come to listen. It’s just lovely.
Ah. I’ve decided what I want added to the landscape.
Free Wifi. Just free throughout the streets.
They have it in some towns and cities. I want it everywhere.
Ah. I’ve decided what I want added to the landscape.
Free Wifi. Just free throughout the streets.
They have it in some towns and cities. I want it everywhere.
Ah. I’ve decided what I want added to the landscape.
Free Wifi. Just free throughout the streets.
They have it in some towns and cities. I want it everywhere.
Ah. I’ve decided what I want added to the landscape.
Free Wifi. Just free throughout the streets.
They have it in some towns and cities. I want it everywhere.
Ah. I’ve decided what I want added to the landscape.
Free Wifi. Just free throughout the streets.
They have it in some towns and cities. I want it everywhere.
I read this and remembered this story. Apparently they are naming potholes in India after prominent ministers so that they shame them into fixing them promptly. Desperate times call for desperate measures! 🙂 http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/02/india
I read this and remembered this story. Apparently they are naming potholes in India after prominent ministers so that they shame them into fixing them promptly. Desperate times call for desperate measures! 🙂 http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/02/india
I read this and remembered this story. Apparently they are naming potholes in India after prominent ministers so that they shame them into fixing them promptly. Desperate times call for desperate measures! 🙂 http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/02/india
I read this and remembered this story. Apparently they are naming potholes in India after prominent ministers so that they shame them into fixing them promptly. Desperate times call for desperate measures! 🙂 http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/02/india
I read this and remembered this story. Apparently they are naming potholes in India after prominent ministers so that they shame them into fixing them promptly. Desperate times call for desperate measures! 🙂 http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/02/india
Lovely post, Jo. I’d put in more seats in the streets, so old people can plonk themselves down for a rest, and also so people can sit and chat. It’s make the streets more sociable I think.
And before anyone can say, yes, but they’ll become beds for homeless people, well, fine — though I would prefer that there were more places for the homeless so they didn’t need park benches etc.
Lovely post, Jo. I’d put in more seats in the streets, so old people can plonk themselves down for a rest, and also so people can sit and chat. It’s make the streets more sociable I think.
And before anyone can say, yes, but they’ll become beds for homeless people, well, fine — though I would prefer that there were more places for the homeless so they didn’t need park benches etc.
Lovely post, Jo. I’d put in more seats in the streets, so old people can plonk themselves down for a rest, and also so people can sit and chat. It’s make the streets more sociable I think.
And before anyone can say, yes, but they’ll become beds for homeless people, well, fine — though I would prefer that there were more places for the homeless so they didn’t need park benches etc.
Lovely post, Jo. I’d put in more seats in the streets, so old people can plonk themselves down for a rest, and also so people can sit and chat. It’s make the streets more sociable I think.
And before anyone can say, yes, but they’ll become beds for homeless people, well, fine — though I would prefer that there were more places for the homeless so they didn’t need park benches etc.
Lovely post, Jo. I’d put in more seats in the streets, so old people can plonk themselves down for a rest, and also so people can sit and chat. It’s make the streets more sociable I think.
And before anyone can say, yes, but they’ll become beds for homeless people, well, fine — though I would prefer that there were more places for the homeless so they didn’t need park benches etc.
Most horses easily learn to use an automatic waterer.
A few seem never to learn and get a water barrel.
I think they seem to enjoy the water barrel more as they are able to swish their noses around and enjoy the wetness.
Most horses easily learn to use an automatic waterer.
A few seem never to learn and get a water barrel.
I think they seem to enjoy the water barrel more as they are able to swish their noses around and enjoy the wetness.
Most horses easily learn to use an automatic waterer.
A few seem never to learn and get a water barrel.
I think they seem to enjoy the water barrel more as they are able to swish their noses around and enjoy the wetness.
Most horses easily learn to use an automatic waterer.
A few seem never to learn and get a water barrel.
I think they seem to enjoy the water barrel more as they are able to swish their noses around and enjoy the wetness.
Most horses easily learn to use an automatic waterer.
A few seem never to learn and get a water barrel.
I think they seem to enjoy the water barrel more as they are able to swish their noses around and enjoy the wetness.
Oh. That is funny. They should name the potholes over in the next city after members of the City Council … *g*
Oh. That is funny. They should name the potholes over in the next city after members of the City Council … *g*
Oh. That is funny. They should name the potholes over in the next city after members of the City Council … *g*
Oh. That is funny. They should name the potholes over in the next city after members of the City Council … *g*
Oh. That is funny. They should name the potholes over in the next city after members of the City Council … *g*
One of the things I liked about Germany is they have long walks through all their wild places and on the edges of cities. Everywhere there’s a good view, they put a bench.
One of the things I liked about Germany is they have long walks through all their wild places and on the edges of cities. Everywhere there’s a good view, they put a bench.
One of the things I liked about Germany is they have long walks through all their wild places and on the edges of cities. Everywhere there’s a good view, they put a bench.
One of the things I liked about Germany is they have long walks through all their wild places and on the edges of cities. Everywhere there’s a good view, they put a bench.
One of the things I liked about Germany is they have long walks through all their wild places and on the edges of cities. Everywhere there’s a good view, they put a bench.
I can see horses ‘testing the bouquet’ of the water, running their noses through it, lapping up a bit and holding it on their tongues.
I can see horses ‘testing the bouquet’ of the water, running their noses through it, lapping up a bit and holding it on their tongues.
I can see horses ‘testing the bouquet’ of the water, running their noses through it, lapping up a bit and holding it on their tongues.
I can see horses ‘testing the bouquet’ of the water, running their noses through it, lapping up a bit and holding it on their tongues.
I can see horses ‘testing the bouquet’ of the water, running their noses through it, lapping up a bit and holding it on their tongues.
We have several examples of philanthropists providing public water sources here in Portland, Oregon–the Skidmore Fountain (1888) was designed for “horses, men and dogs” to drink from:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skidmore_Fountain
And then there are the “Benson Bubblers,” (1912) water fountains throughout downtown Portland which flow freely and continuously throughout the day (given to the city by Simon Benson, one story goes, in the hope that men would drink water rather than beer at lunchtime):
http://www.portlandoregon.gov/water/article/352768
We have several examples of philanthropists providing public water sources here in Portland, Oregon–the Skidmore Fountain (1888) was designed for “horses, men and dogs” to drink from:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skidmore_Fountain
And then there are the “Benson Bubblers,” (1912) water fountains throughout downtown Portland which flow freely and continuously throughout the day (given to the city by Simon Benson, one story goes, in the hope that men would drink water rather than beer at lunchtime):
http://www.portlandoregon.gov/water/article/352768
We have several examples of philanthropists providing public water sources here in Portland, Oregon–the Skidmore Fountain (1888) was designed for “horses, men and dogs” to drink from:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skidmore_Fountain
And then there are the “Benson Bubblers,” (1912) water fountains throughout downtown Portland which flow freely and continuously throughout the day (given to the city by Simon Benson, one story goes, in the hope that men would drink water rather than beer at lunchtime):
http://www.portlandoregon.gov/water/article/352768
We have several examples of philanthropists providing public water sources here in Portland, Oregon–the Skidmore Fountain (1888) was designed for “horses, men and dogs” to drink from:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skidmore_Fountain
And then there are the “Benson Bubblers,” (1912) water fountains throughout downtown Portland which flow freely and continuously throughout the day (given to the city by Simon Benson, one story goes, in the hope that men would drink water rather than beer at lunchtime):
http://www.portlandoregon.gov/water/article/352768
We have several examples of philanthropists providing public water sources here in Portland, Oregon–the Skidmore Fountain (1888) was designed for “horses, men and dogs” to drink from:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skidmore_Fountain
And then there are the “Benson Bubblers,” (1912) water fountains throughout downtown Portland which flow freely and continuously throughout the day (given to the city by Simon Benson, one story goes, in the hope that men would drink water rather than beer at lunchtime):
http://www.portlandoregon.gov/water/article/352768
The things you never think about when you think of Regency/Victorian England…
I have family in Europe who still use horses for transport, but I’ve never really thought about this. Thanks for the interesting post!
The things you never think about when you think of Regency/Victorian England…
I have family in Europe who still use horses for transport, but I’ve never really thought about this. Thanks for the interesting post!
The things you never think about when you think of Regency/Victorian England…
I have family in Europe who still use horses for transport, but I’ve never really thought about this. Thanks for the interesting post!
The things you never think about when you think of Regency/Victorian England…
I have family in Europe who still use horses for transport, but I’ve never really thought about this. Thanks for the interesting post!
The things you never think about when you think of Regency/Victorian England…
I have family in Europe who still use horses for transport, but I’ve never really thought about this. Thanks for the interesting post!
Very interesting, Jo! I’d never really thought about how the horses were watered, but the system makes perfect sense. It takes time and energy to fill the troughs, so a modest cause, or providing water as a perk for other purchases, is sound and businesslike.
As for street amenities, I’ll add votes for free wifi and more benches. And abundant tubs of flowers and greenery.
Very interesting, Jo! I’d never really thought about how the horses were watered, but the system makes perfect sense. It takes time and energy to fill the troughs, so a modest cause, or providing water as a perk for other purchases, is sound and businesslike.
As for street amenities, I’ll add votes for free wifi and more benches. And abundant tubs of flowers and greenery.
Very interesting, Jo! I’d never really thought about how the horses were watered, but the system makes perfect sense. It takes time and energy to fill the troughs, so a modest cause, or providing water as a perk for other purchases, is sound and businesslike.
As for street amenities, I’ll add votes for free wifi and more benches. And abundant tubs of flowers and greenery.
Very interesting, Jo! I’d never really thought about how the horses were watered, but the system makes perfect sense. It takes time and energy to fill the troughs, so a modest cause, or providing water as a perk for other purchases, is sound and businesslike.
As for street amenities, I’ll add votes for free wifi and more benches. And abundant tubs of flowers and greenery.
Very interesting, Jo! I’d never really thought about how the horses were watered, but the system makes perfect sense. It takes time and energy to fill the troughs, so a modest cause, or providing water as a perk for other purchases, is sound and businesslike.
As for street amenities, I’ll add votes for free wifi and more benches. And abundant tubs of flowers and greenery.
Hi RevMelinda —
There’s a wonderful post for someone, talking about the history of water fountains. After the 1850s they were a hot philanthropic item and — sure ’nuff — one of reasons was the Temperance Movement.
Before sanitary water fountains, beer was safer to drink than water. Drinking water was often put opposite the local public house to provide an alternative. Or they were put in churchyards as a visible sign of the church’s concern for the poor.
I feel like I have to mention Bills Horse Troughs — an Australian philanthropy that placed 700 water troughs for ‘horses and other dumb animals’ in Australia and other countries in the Twentieth Century. Two of them landed as far away as England.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bills_horse_troughs
Hi RevMelinda —
There’s a wonderful post for someone, talking about the history of water fountains. After the 1850s they were a hot philanthropic item and — sure ’nuff — one of reasons was the Temperance Movement.
Before sanitary water fountains, beer was safer to drink than water. Drinking water was often put opposite the local public house to provide an alternative. Or they were put in churchyards as a visible sign of the church’s concern for the poor.
I feel like I have to mention Bills Horse Troughs — an Australian philanthropy that placed 700 water troughs for ‘horses and other dumb animals’ in Australia and other countries in the Twentieth Century. Two of them landed as far away as England.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bills_horse_troughs
Hi RevMelinda —
There’s a wonderful post for someone, talking about the history of water fountains. After the 1850s they were a hot philanthropic item and — sure ’nuff — one of reasons was the Temperance Movement.
Before sanitary water fountains, beer was safer to drink than water. Drinking water was often put opposite the local public house to provide an alternative. Or they were put in churchyards as a visible sign of the church’s concern for the poor.
I feel like I have to mention Bills Horse Troughs — an Australian philanthropy that placed 700 water troughs for ‘horses and other dumb animals’ in Australia and other countries in the Twentieth Century. Two of them landed as far away as England.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bills_horse_troughs
Hi RevMelinda —
There’s a wonderful post for someone, talking about the history of water fountains. After the 1850s they were a hot philanthropic item and — sure ’nuff — one of reasons was the Temperance Movement.
Before sanitary water fountains, beer was safer to drink than water. Drinking water was often put opposite the local public house to provide an alternative. Or they were put in churchyards as a visible sign of the church’s concern for the poor.
I feel like I have to mention Bills Horse Troughs — an Australian philanthropy that placed 700 water troughs for ‘horses and other dumb animals’ in Australia and other countries in the Twentieth Century. Two of them landed as far away as England.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bills_horse_troughs
Hi RevMelinda —
There’s a wonderful post for someone, talking about the history of water fountains. After the 1850s they were a hot philanthropic item and — sure ’nuff — one of reasons was the Temperance Movement.
Before sanitary water fountains, beer was safer to drink than water. Drinking water was often put opposite the local public house to provide an alternative. Or they were put in churchyards as a visible sign of the church’s concern for the poor.
I feel like I have to mention Bills Horse Troughs — an Australian philanthropy that placed 700 water troughs for ‘horses and other dumb animals’ in Australia and other countries in the Twentieth Century. Two of them landed as far away as England.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bills_horse_troughs
Hi Sonya —
We forget how few municipal services there were in Regency England and how inefficient the ones in place.
I imagine folks who moved through the city with their sleek teams of horses had a mental map of where they could stop and water — in the same way mothers driving to Massachusetts with a a car load of kids know exactly how far it i to the next rest stop.
Hi Sonya —
We forget how few municipal services there were in Regency England and how inefficient the ones in place.
I imagine folks who moved through the city with their sleek teams of horses had a mental map of where they could stop and water — in the same way mothers driving to Massachusetts with a a car load of kids know exactly how far it i to the next rest stop.
Hi Sonya —
We forget how few municipal services there were in Regency England and how inefficient the ones in place.
I imagine folks who moved through the city with their sleek teams of horses had a mental map of where they could stop and water — in the same way mothers driving to Massachusetts with a a car load of kids know exactly how far it i to the next rest stop.
Hi Sonya —
We forget how few municipal services there were in Regency England and how inefficient the ones in place.
I imagine folks who moved through the city with their sleek teams of horses had a mental map of where they could stop and water — in the same way mothers driving to Massachusetts with a a car load of kids know exactly how far it i to the next rest stop.
Hi Sonya —
We forget how few municipal services there were in Regency England and how inefficient the ones in place.
I imagine folks who moved through the city with their sleek teams of horses had a mental map of where they could stop and water — in the same way mothers driving to Massachusetts with a a car load of kids know exactly how far it i to the next rest stop.