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Horses' unloading on roads and/or pavements and/or pedestrian pr
ecincts.
By: Hippocrates Date: March 27, 2025, 5:02 pm
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Those of you who know me know that my Christian name in Greek
means "lover of horses", even though I am Welsh. :o So, I am
not against horses per se.
I live in Surrey and every day (slight hyperbole not intended) I
have to contend with people on horses when driving. My
complaint is that they "offload" their smelly deposits at random
and I find it to be quite incongruous that the Police et al can
had out fines to dog owners whose animals conduct themselves in
the same manner unless they pick the mess up, while horse
owners/riders are exempt. Ironically, in Kingston upon Thames
(the borough council who lave to hate me), I witnessed (while
"busking" some years ago outside Bentalls) two Metropolitan
Police horses relieving themselves.
My point is twofold:
1. Health and safety in terms of public places.
2. Health and safety in terms of the resultant hazard on a
public highway.
In terms of the latter, perhaps the next time I change my tyres,
I should contact Dunglop.
I even witnessed two riders on their horses today on the
footpath!
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Re: Horses' unloading on roads and/or pavements and/or pedestria
n precincts.
By: Lodesman Date: March 27, 2025, 5:36 pm
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Ah, the passage of time and changing attitudes !!
In my youth, our local coal merchant delivered coal from a wagon
pulled by two horses and the local ice cream seller had a very
smart little wagon pulled by a small horse.
Any 'deposits' did not stay on the road for long, they were
quickly spirited away and used on people's gardens.
:) :)
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Re: Horses' unloading on roads and/or pavements and/or pedestria
n precincts.
By: coffee pot Date: March 28, 2025, 3:06 am
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When I was living in Wandsworth a regular sight was the
sensational Young's Brewery drays that delivered beer to the
local pubs. They had sacks strategically placed between the
shafts to capture all and any equine deposits.
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Re: Horses' unloading on roads and/or pavements and/or pedestria
n precincts.
By: NewJudge Date: March 28, 2025, 7:31 am
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[quote]Any 'deposits' did not stay on the road for long, they
were quickly spirited away and used on people's gardens.[/quote]
Yes, lots of people say it's very good on your rhubarb. I've
always preferred custard myself. ;)
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Re: Horses' unloading on roads and/or pavements and/or pedestria
n precincts.
By: sparx Date: March 28, 2025, 6:01 pm
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Smother your taters with it and you'll have some cracking ones.
Really taste great.
IMO horse dung doesn't really have any odour in single pile form
(maybe i'm immune?), and if there are lots of cars driving
through it, it tends to clear really quickly, especially if it
rains.
From a health and safety (infection risk) point of view, I
understand horses diet and digestive tract mean that their
manure really doesn't normally contain the really harmful stuff,
compared to omnivores/carnivores like dogs, cats, foxes, etc
who's droppings can contain extremely harmful organisms, hence
the use of horse manure on your garden and veg. See here:
HTML https://www.bhs.org.uk/media/nt3ju4tt/dung-0824.pdf
It is however my opinion that if you're in a public precinct
where there is a lot of public footfall they should be wearing
manure bags...
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Re: Horses' unloading on roads and/or pavements and/or pedestria
n precincts.
By: Hippocrates Date: September 22, 2025, 6:39 am
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Pooh Yuck.
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Re: Horses' unloading on roads and/or pavements and/or pedestria
n precincts.
By: roythebus Date: September 23, 2025, 9:22 am
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Have a look at the Town Police Clauses (Miscellaneous
provisions) Act 1862. That attempted to make streets a bit
cleaner. That law hasn't been rescinded yet as it still governs
taxi laws.
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Re: Horses' unloading on roads and/or pavements and/or pedestria
n precincts.
By: Fluffykins Date: September 24, 2025, 3:31 am
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Look at things this way for a moment. We are daily exposed to
advertising for this that and other, where the product being
"natural" or made using "natural" ingredients somehow means it
is more beneficial than it's competitors.
So what could be more "natural" than a gently steaming pile of
horse turd? It is 100 percent natural.
It's natural, so it's good for you
Innit?
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Re: Horses' unloading on roads and/or pavements and/or pedestria
n precincts.
By: The Slithy Tove Date: September 24, 2025, 11:30 am
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Wasn't it the case (allegedly) that London was becoming awash
(if that's the right word) with horse doings in the early 20th
Century, as the city became more populous and busier? It was
only the rise of the internal combustion engine that prevented a
real crisis.
#Post#: 91980--------------------------------------------------
Re: Horses' unloading on roads and/or pavements and/or pedestria
n precincts.
By: Hippocrates Date: September 29, 2025, 7:29 am
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[quote author=Fluffykins link=topic=5710.msg91213#msg91213
date=1758702673]
Look at things this way for a moment. We are daily exposed to
advertising for this that and other, where the product being
"natural" or made using "natural" ingredients somehow means it
is more beneficial than it's competitors.
So what could be more "natural" than a gently steaming pile of
horse turd? It is 100 percent natural.
It's natural, so it's good for you
Innit?
[/quote]
All I know is: cats clear up theirs! ;D
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