Reconstructed Milk Stand at Sower Carr
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Reconstructed Milk Stand at Sower Carr
Image: © Bob Jenkins Taken: 17 Mar 2009
Milk Stands were where milk, in churns, would be placed outside farms, ready for collection by horse drawn carts and latterly motorised ones. They were placed directly on the roadside, not set back, so that the transfer of the heavy churns was made easier.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.885691
Longitude
-2.953866