Fountain

Beloved friend

Inscription

{on the western end of the trough:}
In memory of a beloved friend, 1910.

On the southern side of the trough:}
Metropolitan Drinking Fountain & Cattle Trough Association

Is it likely that the beloved friend was a horse or dog rather than a person?

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N1, Pitfield Street

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Beloved friend

Deceased in or before 1910.

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Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association

Started by Samuel Gurney MP and the barrister, Edward Thomas Wakefield. Found...

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