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In a 2008 thread about Polly Nichols, Brown's stable yard was said to be locked and bolted from the inside.
Now I know about garages for automobiles -- somewhat. Being a small town girl, not so much large city garages and of course not every conceivable possibility.
But I know nothing about stables nor how they were operated in the 1800s.
How do we know Brown's stabe was locked and bolted from the inside? Was that common?
Were stables private?
or were they like public garages where anyone could leave a horse for the night?
How were they "manned" or paid for?
From the other post, they were locked? and therefore inaccessible if an owner wanted to "check on a sick horse" or leave town in the middle of the night because of an emergency or even to sleep off a drunk in, say in his pony cart, after imbibing too much in a local pub?
In case of one of the above, how did he get his horse?
So, does anyone have any knowledge of stables and how the usage of them worked?
Thanks
Curious
Now I know about garages for automobiles -- somewhat. Being a small town girl, not so much large city garages and of course not every conceivable possibility.
But I know nothing about stables nor how they were operated in the 1800s.
How do we know Brown's stabe was locked and bolted from the inside? Was that common?
Were stables private?
or were they like public garages where anyone could leave a horse for the night?
How were they "manned" or paid for?
From the other post, they were locked? and therefore inaccessible if an owner wanted to "check on a sick horse" or leave town in the middle of the night because of an emergency or even to sleep off a drunk in, say in his pony cart, after imbibing too much in a local pub?
In case of one of the above, how did he get his horse?
So, does anyone have any knowledge of stables and how the usage of them worked?
Thanks
Curious