In Welsh Row, Nantwich. It could be used by anyone who might need a bit of help in getting on or off a horse (age, size, infirmity) or women who rode sidesaddle. The black and white building it's outside has been an inn for hundreds of years and both the block and the inn are Grade 2 listed

nice one Bernice, its amazing to see how worn they are ! just think of the amount of people .... good god

I wonder if it's possible to work out how long the block has been in use through the amount of wearing away there's been, depending on what sort of stone it is

possibly, it looks like sand stone which is pretty soft , but yea wouldnt it be good to figure it out !!!! and i thought its just me that sad lol

Did you put the "Wi Fi connection here" outside yourself for heightened historical effect, Berenice?

But of course. It makes such a telling contrast, don't you think? Like a clash between two different cultures.




(and if you believe that you'll believe anything!)

Another one, in Hartington, Derbyshire

Outside St John the Baptist, Whitbourne, Herefordshire

You don`t see many of those around these days!

Fascinating stuff.... Now I wanna see one for myself, so I can show-off and explain to my friends, just what they are!