Horse Power At Camden Lock
The narrow boat, Ilkeston, was today towed through Camden on the Regent’s Canal in the traditional way by a horse on its way to the London Canal Museum.
The horse, a thirteen-year-old Clydesdale-cob cross is called Bunny.
In some ways it brought me back to my childhood, when I can remember the horse-drawn dust-carts in the old borough of Wood Green. They used to use them around the backs of the shops, as one-horse carts were so manoeuvrable.
The Anonymous Widower 
Ah . . . Magnificent Clydesdales . . . as a young kid, I grew up with two Clydesdales in the paddock next door to our place. They were Gentle & fun to feed & play with . . .
My finest day, was when the farmer hitched up his two horses to a wagon . . . sitting up next to this old man, and listening to the Clip Clop of a pair of Clydesdales . . . live with today . . . especially on the flat roads, when an easy gait . . . Ah . . . Magnificent Pair of Clydesdales
Comment by Steam Lover | August 23, 2012 |
Would you believe there seems to be no records about the horse drawn dust carts in Wood Green working into the 1950s and 1960s. I used to live next to Whitbread’s brewery in the City of London, which used horses into the 1970s for local deliveries. Of course in Suffolk, you came across quite a few Suffolk horses at shows. In fact a friend runs the suffolk horse Society. they usually bring one to the football at Ipswich once a year or so.
https://anonw.wordpress.com/2010/08/15/a-suffolk-punch-at-the-football/
Comment by AnonW | August 24, 2012 |
Remember Benny Hill & his Horse Drawn Milk Wagon
Comment by Steam Lover | August 24, 2012 |
In the UK until the 1960s, most was little electric vehicles, although most milk horses were cobs. A friend had one, that got stuck in the doors of Woolies in Southend.
Comment by AnonW | August 24, 2012 |