Drinking fountain

A few days ago, at reference 1, I noticed a not very grand drinking fountain in a very grand part of London.

This is our Epsom version, presented by the Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association. Grand enough to accommodate two levels for beast drinking and an annex (right) for human drinking, but nothing like as grand as the truly metropolitan ones, in what used to be the LCC area.

But it seems that memory, once again, is defective. Taking a look at reference 2, I find that the sort of trough snapped above is pretty much standard issue throughout the home counties, although there are some double length ones in central London. The grand ones, with polished pink granite and tasteful statues are all drinking fountains, only really intended for humans.

And thinking about it some more, I think that some of them still dispensed drinking water when I was a child, say fifty years ago.

Reference 1: https://psmv3.blogspot.com/2018/09/plastic-cups.html.

Reference 2: http://www.mdfcta.co.uk/.