TQ2450 : 24 - 24a West Street
taken 12 years ago, near to Reigate, Surrey, England

In front of it is a former drinking trough originally provided by the Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association, of which a number around Reigate and Redhill, now used as flower troughs.
The Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association was founded in 1859 initially to provide clean drinking water in public places for people in London, but soon extended to include animals and also outside London itself. It is still active (now known as The Drinking Fountain Association), with the objectives of:
• The promotion of the provision of drinking water for people and animals in the United Kingdom and Overseas
• The preservation of the Association's archive materials, artefacts, drinking fountains, cattle troughs and other installations.
For full details of its history, see Link.
