The story of how horses have been recycled throughout history is told by Adam Hart-Davis . The
Victorians re-used the horse carcase on a huge scale, making whiplashes, cavalry trousers, carriage roofs sofas, chairs, fishing lines, buttons oil, candles and fertiliser from it. But who used horse bones as ice skates and when and why did we stop eating horsemeat in Britain? Producer John Byrne
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