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On Sun, 6 Jul 2014 21:23:56 +0100, Janet > wrote:

> In article >,
> says...
> > There were still people in the Appalachians who didn't have indoor
> > plumbing in the '60s.
>
> And here. I spent the first two years of High School living in my
> grandparents house that didn't have indoor OR outdoor plumbing (or even
> a cold tap).Bucket lav in an (unlit) shed, emptied into the garden, and
> every drop of water carried by bucket from an outdoor communal hand pump
> shared with neighbours.
>
> Well into the 1990's, in rural Scotland, our next door neighbour's home
> had no water, no plumbing or sanitation, and no electricity; he fetched
> every drop of water in a bucket from the river as his mother had before
> him.
>
Not so different then. Thanks.

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