What are you guys doing right NOW??? ;)

[Kaykaykay]

We call them garages in North America,but the idea is the same.

Mine was in the U.S., but called a carriage house, because that was what it used to be in horse and carriage days. Some had been converted into guest or office quarters, because they were often too narrow to park giant cars of today, and many people had built new garages to accommodate those.

 

[scifan57]

There are a few of those in Regina,but not many. The city isn't old enough and the oldest residential neighborhoods were largely destroyed in the expansion of the downtown core.

 

[fleur07]

Watching You've Got Mail.......such a great movie! Love a good romance

 

[Kaykaykay]

Watching You've Got Mail.......such a great movie! Love a good romance

Meg Ryan is adorable in that movie.

 

[Good karma]

Mine was in the U.S., but called a carriage house, because that was what it used to be in horse and carriage days. Some had been converted into guest or office quarters, because they were often too narrow to park giant cars of today, and many people had built new garages to accommodate those.

We have similar things too in England, ours is called mews. These mews have been converted to high grade living places and horses dont live there anymore. If i get a chance tomorow, i will take pictures of 2 mews i can think from the top of my head so people can see how british mews have evolved.

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[Kaykaykay]

We have similar things too in England, ours is called mews. These mews have been converted to high grade living places and horses dont live there anymore. If i get a chance tomorow, i will take pictures of 2 mews i can think from the top of my head so people can see how british mews have evolved.

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Did horses live in the mews? AFAIK, the carriage houses in our neighborhood were just for carriages. Horses would've lived in barns. My house was a new kid on the block compared to most in the neighborhood, though, even at circa 1906.

 

[Good karma]

Yes, in cities horses lived in mews.

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[Hayles66]

Yeah, London must have been a crowded place in yea olden days! Those horses had sorry lives if they were used as hackneys(taxis)

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[scifan57]

With all those horses,street cleaning must have been serious business and hard work.

 

[Richard Brown]

Just hit a par over water. Happy now.

After how many attempts, and lost golf balls?

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[Richard Brown]

I am wondering whether the Greece govt demand finacial compensation from the German govt for the rinsing the German football team dished out to the Greek football team. Feeling a little worried for the few Germans who are foolishly holidaying in Greece right now LoL.

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the case of yet another Greek Tragedy? Lol

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[Richard Brown]

With all those horses,street cleaning must have been serious business and hard work.

Yes it must have been! There are written accounts of the traffic congestion in British cities, and early film shows the problem. One of Charles Dickens contemporaries, Mayhew, wrote a book about London's poor. Mayhem classifies the poor by the types of work, begging etc in which they were engaged. It's an interesting read.

In many cities, livestock was accommodated. This would include horses stabled in mews, or commercial stables etc., or at coaching inns, and cows at urban dairies.

In Wandsworth, S.W. London there is a traditional brewery where they still stable some of their dray horses. Then, there are the Royal Mews where some horses are kept for the tourist to see. At Horse-guards Parade, horses are stabled.

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[Hayles66]

I love historical romances and of course they are often set in London. It sounded horrific to live in the slums. My daughters love Horrible Histories so they know a lot too. They have both taken history as their chosen subject. How about that for the success of HH. Let's hope the BBC keep running that program for many more years.

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Yes it must have been! There are written accounts of the traffic congestion in British cities, and early film shows the problem. One of Charles Dickens contemporaries, Mayhew, wrote a book about London's poor. Mayhem classifies the poor by the types of work, begging etc in which they were engaged. It's an interesting read.

In many cities, livestock was accommodated. This would include horses stabled in mews, or commercial stables etc., or at coaching inns, and cows at urban dairies.

In Wandsworth, S.W. London there is a traditional brewery where they still stable some of their dray horses. Then, there are the Royal Mews where some horses are kept for the tourist to see. At Horse-guards Parade, horses are stabled.

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Excellent post, many thanks for that when i do go out today, i will take puctures of mews and post it here so people from abroad can see how British mews have evolved

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[stranding]

In Wandsworth, S.W. London there is a traditional brewery where they still stable some of their dray horses. Then, there are the Royal Mews where some horses are kept for the tourist to see. At Horse-guards Parade, horses are stabled.

Think Rotten Row is still used for riding, isn't it? In that case it would be classified as a "bridleway".

Have clear memories of my Dad, when we lived in SE24, whenever he heard the call of the rag and bone man passing by with his horse & cart, would pick up his bucket & shovel & race out to get the droppings before anyone else! For his roses, in case anyone is wondering