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Royal Mail 3-Horse Bus Penzance to Lands End, 1900
Turn of Century photo of mail-carrying Horse Bus
GW Railway Horse & Town Wagon Visitors Luggage
Typical GWR Horse & "Town Wagon" at Fowey Station 1920s branch line axed in 1960s
Mare & Foal with Richard Hoskin and Amanda Williams
Mare named Margaret at Devonshire Horse Centre
Sam Pinney aged two leading two horses
Sam Pinney aged two leading two horses
Newquay lifeboat being hauled in on Lifeboat Day
Newquay lifeboat being hauled on Lifeboat Day.
Horse-drawn Lifeboat in Street with Spectators
Horse-drawn lifeboat in street with spectators.
Decorated Horse 146 Bells 700 Brasses 4.5 cwt
John the horse owned by Mr Rowe of St Austell is seven years old. Here he carries 4 1/2 cwt of harness including 146 bells and 700 pieces of brasswork. PREVREF 2127 duplicate
Horse-drawn Wagons London Bridge Paddle Steamer
A photo of London Bridge with a paddle steamer. Railway and other carriers' wagons dominate the horse-drawn traffic crossing London Bridge in 1890. Motor vehicles were still a doubtful and mistrusted form of transport. Even the buses here are…
Cultivator or Scuffler hauled by three Horses
Typical late-afternoon scene in almost any Cornish scene in the 1920s or '30s. The machine is a cultivator, known all over Cornwall as a 'scuffler'. The height of the tines is adjustable through the handle on the driver's right.
Clod Crusher hauled by three Horses
A horse-hauled clod crusher used for cultivation (used from about 1900), A typical country scene in Cornwall.
Loading China Clay from Horse & Cart onto Ship
Loading china clay from a horse and cart onto a ship in Penzance.