Comments on: Pumps Of Old London https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/06/02/pumps-of-old-london/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Fri, 02 Jun 2017 22:17:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: pauline taylor https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/06/02/pumps-of-old-london/#comment-1152492 Fri, 02 Jun 2017 22:17:49 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=158016#comment-1152492 This is very interesting and it is amazing to me that so many of these pumps still survive. It reminds me that we had our own well and pump in the home that I grew up in, no mains water for us way out in the countryside, but the well water was lovely, and it was a sad day when the water board forced us to fill it in, as they did with every other well in our village. You might think that the reason was connected with possible contamination but it was not so, the reason was that they did not want anyone extracting free water !

]]> By: Donald Parsnips https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/06/02/pumps-of-old-london/#comment-1152429 Fri, 02 Jun 2017 14:59:03 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=158016#comment-1152429 vandals took the handle ?

]]> By: Leana Pooley https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/06/02/pumps-of-old-london/#comment-1152403 Fri, 02 Jun 2017 09:58:38 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=158016#comment-1152403 This is fascinating. But sad that we’ve trashed our natural springs and buried our rivers.

]]> By: Valerie-Jael https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/06/02/pumps-of-old-london/#comment-1152387 Fri, 02 Jun 2017 07:27:43 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=158016#comment-1152387 Good to see that so many of these beautiful pumps remain! Steven Johnson wrote a good book – The ghost map – about the Broad Street Pump and cholera. Valerie

]]> By: Annie G https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/06/02/pumps-of-old-london/#comment-1152386 Fri, 02 Jun 2017 07:27:20 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=158016#comment-1152386 That was charming. I love these old pumps but never stay long enough to notice the beautiful detail.

]]> By: Janice https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/06/02/pumps-of-old-london/#comment-1152383 Fri, 02 Jun 2017 07:02:04 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=158016#comment-1152383 Does anyone know where the Broad(wick) Street pump has been relocated (if at all) since they did construction? For a while it was obstructed, then hidden, and now I can’t find it.

Great article. Love these old pumps!

]]> By: Shawdian https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/06/02/pumps-of-old-london/#comment-1152375 Fri, 02 Jun 2017 05:54:47 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=158016#comment-1152375 Par excellence! I did know there were that many still around. Thank you GA, you never fail to surprise.

]]> By: Caroline Bottomley https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/06/02/pumps-of-old-london/#comment-1152374 Fri, 02 Jun 2017 05:51:03 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=158016#comment-1152374 I shall look out for pumps now!

]]> By: Jim McDermott https://spitalfieldslife.com/2017/06/02/pumps-of-old-london/#comment-1152355 Fri, 02 Jun 2017 02:42:48 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=158016#comment-1152355 I walked past several of the Holborn ones many times when working in nearby St Bride Lane without ever really noticing them – an opportunity horribly squandered by someone who professes to appreciate the history of his environments. That’s what tax accountancy does to the human soul – I was down there with the lawyers!

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