Shadow mural – Jersey Street Hornsby

This life sized “shadow mural” is of one of the horse and carts used to deliver fresh bread by Judge’s Bakery, which was located on Coronation Street, at the intersection of Jersey Lane.

Fabricated in steel and illuminated by LED lights at night, the sculpture was manufactured to scale using historical images as reference.

The horse in the historical image is a dray horse - a cross breed between a light horse and a draft, or a draft and a big pony. It would have stood around 15 hands tall – that is around 150 centimetres to the withers and weighed in at 500 kilograms.

The shadow mural is backlit by LED lights for night time illumination.

_{Bread cart from Judge's Bakery, Hornsby, c. 1940. Source: Hornsby Shire Recollects}

Bread carter, Fred Bolton loads up the big basket with loaves for Hornsby residents. The cart is equipped with the ‘latest’ pump-up tyres. Note the leather cash bag around Fred’s neck. The cart horse is taking the opportunity to graze off the side of the road. The cart horses were brought in each day from the paddock at Lodge Street, Hornsby, then taken back in the evening.

_{Source: Hornsby Shire Recollects}

_{Images left to right: Bread cart from Judge's Bakery, Hornsby, c. 1940. Source: Hornsby Shire Recollects; Five of Judge’s Bakery delivery carts ready to load up outside the bakery in Jersey Lane, c. 1930s. Source: Hornsby Shire Recollects}