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Collecting water Tugford early 1900s (image)
Most Shropshire villages didn't have water piped to taps until the mid 20th Century. Water had to be collected from streams or springs as here at Tugford. In the background is a dovecote from where pigeons fed off waste grain around Tugford mill which can be seen on the left. Pigeons were an common part of the Victorian diet.
(Image courtesy of Ludlow Museum)
(For further information see "The Working Countryside 1862-1945" by Robin Hill and Paul Stamper, Swan Hill Press 1993)