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Horse Shoe Forge, Main Street, Gonalston, 1975

Courtesy of R Baker

Gonalston Lane
Gonalston
England

Located on the east side of Main Street. The datestone above the doorway gives a date of 1845 and the initials J F. The inscription on the plaque above the door states as follows:- 'Gentlemen, as you pass by, pray on this shoe cast your eye, If it is too tight we'll make it wider. That'll ease the horse and please the rider. If lame from shoeing as they sometimes are, you can have them eased with the greatest care'. (There is something peculiar about this rhyme in that an almost identical rhyme can be seen by a huge horseshoe at Carlton on Trent Forge and Smithy. See NCCE000329)

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