AN ORIGINAL TRIVANDRUM 'JUTKA' HORSE CARRIAGE IN FRONT OF THE HOSPITAL
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Horse cart, very prestigious ride .. 1901..
THE HORSE CARRIAGE OF THIRU ANANTHA PURAM WERE NICK NAMED 'JUTKA'.[MAY BE BECAUSE IT WAS GIVING A JUTKA(JOLT) TO THE BODY OF THE PEOPLE WHO TRAVELED IN IT]
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WE HAD ONE HORSE CARRIAGE IN TRIVANDRUM[CIRCA 1950] ,IN WHICH WE USED TO GO TO SCHOOL
.I NEVER FELT ANY JOLT WHILE TRAVELLING IN THE JUTKA BUT I LIKED THE NAME .
IT WAS A FULLY COVERED CARRIAGE
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| OUR HORSE CARRIAGE LOOKED SOMEWHAT SIMILAR TO THE ABOVE PHOTO BUT WITH A LITTLE LONGER CABIN _4 TO 6 PERSONS COULD SIT INSIDE THE CABIN) ;WITH 1 WHEEL ON EITHER SIDE ,BUT THE DRIVER USED TO SIT IN FRONT OF THE CABIN |
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| ANOTHER SIMILAR ;INDIAN ;HORSE CARRIAGE .BUT HERE THE THE CABIN IS OPEN ON FRONT AND BACK;ALSO THERE ARE NO SMALL WINDOWS ON THE SIDE |
WITH TWO SMALL SIDE WINDOWS ON EACH SIDE AND A BIG DOOR AT THE BACK WHICH OPENED OUT TO A SINGLE STEP ;TO CLIMB DOWN.
THE PRICE OF A HORSE WAS 500 RUPEES THEN AND ANOTHER 500 FOR THE HORSE CARRIAGE
SINCE PEOPLE OF THIS AGE HAS NEITHER SEEN NOR TRAVELED IN ONE ;I WILL GIVE MORE INFO: ON OUR HORSE CARRIAGE
OUR HORSE ,WE USED TO CALL BAPU(NOT TO BAD MOUTH BAPU-MAHATMA GANDHI ]
MOST MORNING THE HORSE CARRIAGE DRIVER USED TO COME AND GIVE A BATH AND THEN GIVE SOME FOOD AND GRASS FOR THE HORSE
BEFORE THE RIDE TO THE SCHOOL.THE GIRDLE HAD TO BE PUT ON THE HORSE;AND THEN THE HORSE WAS ATTACHED /TIED TO THE CARRIAGE
THERE USED TO BE REGULAR HORSE CARRIAGE -TAXI- STANDS AT PALAYAM IN FRONT OF THE CHURCH,SECOND STAND WAS AT THAMPANOOR RAILWAY STATION
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| A SIMILAR TAXI STAND WAS AT TRIVANDRUM |
AND ONE IN FRONT OF SECRETARIAT BUILDING
Horse Girdle
IT WAS LIKE THIS VIDEO EVERY DAY TO SCHOOL !!
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