Standpipes in Lowtherville, February 1963

Standpipes in Lowtherville, February 1963, by Colin Beavis

The winter of the early months of 1963 was one of the coldest on record. In Lowtherville, some residents of older homes faced almost permanently frozen water pipes and had to queue regularly at standpipes in the road to obtain water.

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