
The Friern Barnet Photo Archive
No: 195 Contributor: Friern Barnet & District Local History Society Year: 1960
Horse drinking troughJunction of Grove Road and Bowes Road. This photograph of a horse drinking trough was taken in the 1960s. These were common sights on the streets before the coming of the motor car.
Picture added on 26 October 2009 at 16:28
I passed this horse trough every day going to Garfield road school 1956 onwards
Added by Tina on 16 January 2014
I was born in a house in Bowes Road in 1943. The house was 100 yards from the horse trough which was a popular place to meet friends when going out to play. We loved to watch the horses drinking.
Added by Bill Traviss on 13 February 2016