Harrods Horse Cart at Emperor's Gate

I never knew that Harrods still uses horse carts for deliveries. I heard the unmistakable hoofsteps of horses outside and so I opened my window to look. There they were - two Friesian horses with their characteristic high-step gaits, pulling a Harrods carriage.

Old Knightsbridge stories told of horses being held in stables beneath the store, but I didn't know they still exist. Searches on the net revealed that indeed, they still do, with deliveries being made "daily to local hotels and palaces within an approximate four mile radius of the store working mornings and afternoons up to 5 hours a day driven by the Head Coachman."

posted by Husky @ 5/28/2005 02:05:00 PM  |