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General Subjects => General Forum => Topic started by: Mike Ireland on March 26, 2014, 05:14:35 PM

Title: Is this a large trough?
Post by: Mike Ireland on March 26, 2014, 05:14:35 PM

The "un-nickable", would not fit in the boot!!!!!!!!!!!!

Title: Re: Is this a large trough?
Post by: Maggi Young on March 26, 2014, 05:19:21 PM

By George, that is a large trough - unless the lady is unusually petite.
You'd need a stepladder to plant it.  Wonder what it was originally? Even on the high side to be a horse trough, isn't it?

Title: Re: Is this a large trough?
Post by: Mike Ireland on March 26, 2014, 05:27:10 PM

Maggi
Josie is 5ft 5" tall, any more info & I'm a "gonna".

Title: Re: Is this a large trough?
Post by: Maggi Young on March 26, 2014, 05:42:00 PM

Quote from: Mike Ireland on March 26, 2014, 05:27:10 PM

Maggi
Josie is 5ft 5" tall, any more info & I'm a "gonna".

I think you'll be safe enough, Mike - it seems Josie is taller than I am - so, in my book, tall so that does have to be a true whopper of a trough.

Title: Re: Is this a large trough?
Post by: Susan Band on March 26, 2014, 06:21:02 PM

Could have been a water cistern?
Sometimes big houses had a filtering system in place using sand

Title: Re: Is this a large trough?
Post by: Maggi Young on March 26, 2014, 06:39:48 PM

Quote from: Susan Band on March 26, 2014, 06:21:02 PM

Could have been a water cistern?
Sometimes big houses had a filtering system in place using sand

Great suggestion Susan  - that seems a good possibility

P.S. good luck with the reopening of the Pitcairn online shop (http://www.pitcairnalpines.co.uk/) on the 1st April.