Basil Simonenko
Sutton in Craven
12 November 2009 21:03 |
re hole in railings
Hi everyone! I noticed a square hole in the black railings opposite the Bull pub in Sutton by the beck. The hole is about a foot or so above the wall and actualy has a square metal frame sitting in the railings. Does anyone know what that was for ? Its a little mystery for me and mine! Can anyone solve it for us?
Many thanks
Basil. |
Denis Marshall Pickles
Norfolk
13 November 2009 12:39 |
Basil,
When I was a lad, there was a hinged cover over the hole and painted on it were the letters EWS - Emergency Water Supply. It enabled the fire service to have access to water in the beck should the need arise ie. when the Luftwaffe blitzed Sutton.
Denis Pickles
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Joan M. Tindale
Cowling
15 November 2009 22:35 |
Somewhere? I have a list of all the emergency water supplies in Cowling during WW2 - as a young man working for his uncle John Greenwoods plumbers and blacksmiths and for also Cowling Water Co.- my Dad had to paint EWS in yellow letters on each one. Joan |
