The parish pump at Pointon, near Bourne, Lincolnshire

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The parish pump at Pointon, near Bourne, Lincolnshire

Image: © Rex Needle Taken: 28 Jan 2000

The village pump is a reminder of those days before our homes had running water and villagers depended on a central supply which had to be carried back by bucket and bowl, the Pointon pump being located at the front of the village school where it was installed in 1897 to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria.

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