'Waiting' Horse Sculpture - Liverpool, Merseyside, UK.
N 53° 24.128 W 002° 59.692
30U E 500341 N 5917006
An information board about the working horses of Liverpool and the monument to them, located on the quayside outside the Museum of Liverpool at Albert Dock.
Waymark Code: WM13T8R
Location: North West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 02/15/2021
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The information board is located on the quayside outside the Museum of Liverpool at Albert Dock. A sculpture a shire horse stands as a monument to commemorate 250 years of service given by the working horses of Liverpool.
The life size horse sculpture named 'Waiting' was created by Judy Boyt MA FRBS SEA, a renowned equine sculptor whose work is in private and public collections around the world, in consultation with the Liverpool Carter’s Association.
It was unveiled on 1st May 2010 by the Lord Mayor, Cllr Mike Storey CBE.
The sculpture,is called 'Waiting', because it shows a dock horse waiting to set off on its next journey.
The 1st May was the date chosen for the unveiling because it was traditionally the date of the May Day horse parades through the city.
A board next to the sculpture shows a photograph of carters on the Floating Bridge, Liverpool landing stage about 1906 and gives the following information;
Waiting
by Judy Boyt (MA FRBS SEA)
This monument commemorates the 250 years service
of the working horses of Liverpool.
Hauling goods between the docks and warehouses,
the horses worked in all weathers. During the Second
World War Liverpool carters and their horses ensured
the flow of food and fuel through the port.
The carters were renowned for their handling skills
and the phenomenal weights they hauled. Liverpool
horses were considered the best in the land and their
contribution to the economy of the city was immense.
Members of the Liverpool Retired Carters Association
fundraised for 12 years to erect the monument in
honour of the Liverpool working horse.
It was unveiled by Lord Mayor, Cllr Mike Storey CBE
on 1 May 2010."For more than 250 years horse were used to move goods to and from Liverpool docks and businesses. At their peak more than 20,000 horses worked on the streets of Liverpool, more than in any other city outside London. There was no direct railway connection to most of the seven mile dock estate, so goods had to be carted out of the docks to warehouses or to railway goods stations. Liverpool carters and their horses kept supply lines open during two World Wars and their contribution to the city’s economy was immense.
The importance of the carters and their horses was in danger of being lost, but the members of the Liverpool Carter’s Association have kept their history alive by their determined efforts, fundraising for nearly 13 years to get recognition for the Liverpool Working Horse in the form of this life-size monument to the Liverpool working horse."
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