The Annie Dickison Memorial horse trough

Public horse (and other animals) troughs were once a common feature around Dunedin.  They were prominent at The Triangle, later renamed Queens Gardens, which was a waiting place for horse-drawn cabs.

Few survive today - on Mt Cargill rd, North rd near Baldwin st, Whare Flat rd on the way up to the Skyline Walkway car park, one relocated to Glenfalloch, and the one dedicated to Annie Dickison.

DEATHS

DICKISON. — On July 16, at her residence, Cranston, Anderson’s Bay, Annie Liston, relict of William D. Dickison, and mother of J. R. Dickison. Private interment. — Hope and Kinaston, undertakers.  -Evening Star, 21/7/1921.

DEATHS

DICKISON. — In loving memory of our dear mother, Annie Lyston Dickison, who departed this life at her residence, Jeffrey street, Anderson’s Bay, on July 16, 1921. 

A faithful mother, true and kind, 

No friend on earth like her we’ll find. 

Missed, sadly missed. 

— Inserted by her loving daughter and son-in-law.   -Otago Daily Times, 17/7/1922.

Mr J. L. Dickison wrote asking permission to erect a water trough, to be inscribed “Annie Dickison Memorial Trough,” at the intersection of the Seal Point road and the Main. The writer referred to his long association with the district in which she was a resident for nearly 50 years, and suggested that the erection of such a roadside utility would form some small tribute to her memory. —Offer received with thanks and permission granted.   -Otago Daily Times, 5/2/1932.

Who was Annie Dickison? She was born in Linlithgow, Scotland, in 1842 and was married to William Dunn Dickison, who died in 1909 at the age of 69.  They had four children, all girls.

Andersons Bay Cemetery, Dunedin. DCC photo.

Photo from "Find a Grave."