{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Gosports History","provider_url":"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp","author_name":"Ray Bessant","author_url":"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/author\/ray_admin\/","title":"Boot Scrapers - Gosports History","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"vCr1VbsoJA\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/unrelated-documents\/david-moores-historic-gosport\/boot-scrapers\/\">Boot Scrapers<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/unrelated-documents\/david-moores-historic-gosport\/boot-scrapers\/embed\/#?secret=vCr1VbsoJA\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Boot Scrapers&#8221; &#8212; Gosports History\" data-secret=\"vCr1VbsoJA\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","description":"A lost relic from the past that is not easy to find in Gosport. However if you know where to look there are a few that remain. Boot scrapers were necessary in the mid to late Victorian period when the number of horses used for transport increased. Gosport\u2019s roads were dry in Summer, needing water [&hellip;]","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/gosportshistory.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/BootScraper04.jpg","thumbnail_width":1024,"thumbnail_height":683}