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The Well Builder

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Who knew just how much woodwork it takes to build a well.

I think I'd describe this as the German equivalent of Jack Hargreaves' 'Out of Town'.

I found it a fascinating watch. But my 1968 A Level German couldn't keep up with the Bavarian accent, a bit like a German listening to a Yorkshireman.

 
I did the same, had me glued to it.

As a kid we lived on an unmade road and the water main stopped at the corner of our road, there was s stand pipe in a small locked box which you could pay to get a key. I do remember one old chap who had a key and cart with two metal cans on it. In the summer, he was backwards and forwards, sometimes 2 or 3 times a day.
We like all the other people had a setup where all the water from the roof was collected and stored for use. Everyone had what was called a well, but it was just an underground tank. When I was 11, Dad built another bedroom on the bungalow to give me and my sister separate bedrooms.
The current 'well' would get very low in the summer, but water had been going out the overflow in the spring. So Dad got out his spade a dug another one. The ground was clay and no support was needed, the hole was about 10' deep and 8' diameter. I cannot remember exactly how it was lined, we never ran out of water again.
 
Malcolm: I have lived in Germany as a child and have no trouble understanding most accents you'll find over there. But even I had to concentrate to follow what was said. Many Germans have a hard time understanding them too, so no wonder you couldn't keep up. ;)
 
Fascinating....and not fundamentally different from our wells here. Bricks instead of stones, and a slightly different pump, but the principles are (were) the same. I hadn't appreciated the role of shoring in the process.
 
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