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The lost horses of London

The city of the horse and carriage is gone. But some traces remain...

4 October 2014

9:00 AM

4 October 2014

9:00 AM

The days when horses and humans lived cheek by jowl in the capital are unarguably over. Brewers’ drays have disappeared, and most people would argue that the black cab does a far better job than the hansom cab ever did. But the ghosts of horses past still inhabit the city.

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