HORSE CARRIAGES AT TRIVANDRUM 1950

HORSE CARRIAGE IN FRONT OF GENERAL HOSPITAL TRIVANDRUM(THIRUANANDA PURAM)

TRIVANDRUM HORSE CARRIAGES

WERE A

UNIQUE MODEL ,A CROSS BETWEEN THESE TWO CARRIAGES PHOTO,SINGLE WHEEL ON EACH SIDE ,CLOSED CARRIAGE ,WITH TWO WINDOWS ON EACH SIDE AND ENTRANCE BY 2 STEPS FROM BEHIND.WE USED TO CALL IT "JATKA"

[the main difference between Trivandrum horse carriage and other horse carriages of other cities was >that trivandrum horse carriage had a door at the back .a door with a small window to the back .even the front end between the 'jatka man'and the passengers was closed but with a window big enough to climb from inside to the out ]

ABOUT 20 HORSE CARRIAGES USED TO BE PARKED AT PALAYAM NEAR MOSQUE(a similar photo from usa)


 AND SAME NUMBER AT THE MAIN RAILWAY STATION AS TAXIS

BY 1990 THE LAST OF THE HORSE CARRIAGES WERE DESTROYED ,THOUGH A FEW EXPERT CARRIAGE MAKERS , WHO MADE SUCH CARRIAGES ,WERE ALIVE IN 2003 -BEHIND SREE KUMAR THEATER CHAWL ,(WHICH I FOUND OUT )