A wartime trace on the streetSourced
Some London railings
were once stretchers.
Metal medical stretchers made for the Second World War became surplus afterward. Some were repurposed as railings around London buildings and remain visible today.
A street fence keeps
its earlier shape.
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Reviewed: 2026-10-01