In article ,
"Mike" writes:
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| Who can still remember drawing water from the village well
| in Oxfordshire

Well? You had a well? I can remember it being poured by hand
into a tank on an ox-cart (from a spring), delivered using the
cart, and then poured by hand into the house's tank. It then
had to be boiled before use.

That wasn't in Oxfordshire, of course :-)


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.