{On the end of the trough:}
The gift of L.S. and B.S. to commemorate 25 years of happy married life, 1881.
{On the sides of the trough:}
Metropolitan Drinking Fountain & Cattle Trough Association
E9, Lauriston Road
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Happy married life
A couple married in 1856 and still so happy 25 years later, that they erect a...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Happy married life
Started by Samuel Gurney MP and the barrister, Edward Thomas Wakefield. Found...
{Carved in the granite pedestal:} Presented by Emily Bessie Orbell, July 1885.
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