One end of a stone trough

Is it in the corner of the car park on Toothill Lane at the back of the Handley Arcade? Could it be something to do with the fire service.......?

Congratulations,this is on the car park,on Toothill Lane, the purpose I don't know, it has puzzled me for some time, It is on the site of the old fire station, but could have been brought from some other place.

Also on this site was the blacksmiths, would it have anything to do with that?

This may be a positive lead, Angela,in the early days, blacksmiths often worked closely with the early fire brigades, maintaining, equipment, and of course the shoeing of horses. This could tie in with the stone trough, perhaps left as a momento of times past

Yes Ralph indeed could be relating to the blacksmith. Which was definetly on this site, as my great uncle John George Bramwell was the blacksmith here, and his son later became a fireman.