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Typical GWR Horse & "Town Wagon" at Fowey Station 1920s branch line axed in 1960s

Mare named Margaret at Devonshire Horse Centre

Sam Pinney aged two leading two horses

Newquay lifeboat being hauled on Lifeboat Day.

Horse-drawn lifeboat in street with spectators.

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

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…

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.

A horse-hauled clod crusher used for cultivation (used from about 1900), A typical country scene in Cornwall.

Loading china clay from a horse and cart onto a ship in Penzance.

P O Copyright. Women Drivers & Grooms formed into a Corps to man the Mail Van during 14-18 War

St Buryan Church, pictured with two horse-carriages in front, both full of people. Sign on the right side for St Buryan Hotel. (Photo donated by E. Richards, 6/7/1980)

Grid referece, SW 4091 2571
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