# Horse-drawn double decker carriages

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**Created:** [February 27, 2012, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horse-drawn-double-decker-carriages/614178 "2012-02-27T20:05:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lantern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d26b3c/32.png) [@Lantern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lantern)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2012, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horse-drawn-double-decker-carriages/614178/1 "2012-02-27T20:05:37Z")

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When I first watched Youtube [clips](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVQiEJW7RWg)of early 20th century London street scenes one of the things that struck me was the profusion of double-decker carriages drawn by horses. My visual sense of that period comes mostly from period movies and TV shows and I didn’t really recall seeing them before. Then some time later I watched the [opening](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5AnCjSPrac)of the Brett Sherlock Holmes series and there they were! I had seen that opening many times but had never really noticed the double-deckers.

Still, am I right in general that double-deckers aren’t common in period shows and movies, perhaps because of the expense? Certainly I can’t recall seeing them in the kind of number you see in that first clip. Lots of ads as well, incidentally including Kodak and Nestle’s. A fun product placement idea perhaps for some show or movie.

A bit of googling [reveals](http://www.victorialodging.com/attraction/double-deck-horse-drawn-carriage-tours-victoria)you can actually do tours in horse drawn double-deckers. Looks quite fun; has anyone been one of these?