Fountain

Happy married life

Inscription

{On the end of the trough:}
The gift of L.S. and B.S. to commemorate 25 years of happy married life, 1881.

{On the sides of the trough:}
Metropolitan Drinking Fountain & Cattle Trough Association

Site: Happy married life (1 memorial)

E9, Lauriston Road

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This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Happy married life

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L.S. and B.S.

A couple married in 1856 and still so happy 25 years later, that they erect a...

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Happy married life

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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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