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Originally Posted by Retlaw
Thats not a fancy dog cart its a milk float.
My question is in the attached picture.
Retlaw.
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Errr......wrong, Mr Retlaw. That's a hand pushed milk float on the left of the picture and those are two dog carts on the right of the picture. Read or watch your Sherlock Holmes - there are numerous references to dog carts there (a light, two wheeled horse drawn vehicle).
Whats the difference between a (horsedrawn) cart and a wagon? Well, a wagon has four wheels and would be drawn by two, four or more horses and in answer to your question of what is in the background of the picture the answer is quite simple: it is the back of a heavily-laden wagon - possibly loaded with hay or cotton bales. Set against a hazy backdrop, it does play a trick of suggesting a railway arch - but we all know there was not one there, don't we.