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Water Spout by the Kilmarnock firm of Glenfield and Kennedy Ltd.
Historical Society Local History Ticknall Waters 

Ticknall Water Spouts

Bryan Smith 24 January 201617 May 2022

Visitors to Ticknall often ask about the cast iron water spouts that are seen in various places in the village.  They were part

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Night soil collection
Night soil collection
Historical Society Local History Ticknall Waters 

Water supplies to Ticknall and Calke

Norman Monahan 2 January 202017 May 2022

Nowadays we take a clean, constant water supply for granted. Yet it is surprising how recently this came to be the case. Twenty

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Ticknall Methodist Chapel two-seater privy.
Ticknall Methodist Chapel two-seater privy on show at Sharps' Pottery Museum, Swadlincote.
Local History Ticknall Waters 

Paraffin City Services

Norman Monahan 24 January 20204 April 2021

We finished the last article warmly ensconced in the double privy in the Methodist church, which article was sent to Sharps Pottery Museum,

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