The Egg Man
Monday, December 28, 2009 at 6:30AM 
I grew up in a small hamlet called Aingers Green. It consisted of about 150 houses and was about a mile away from the nearest village of Great Bentley. My dad was the local postman for 10 years, so he pretty much knew anybody and everybody in the village. One of those people lived just around the corner from us and we knew him as The Egg Man. He used to have his own chickens (lots of them) and we used to walk round to his property to buy our eggs. In his back yard there was this old hand water pump that just used to fascinate me. Just thinking that people used to get their water by hand pumping it out of a well was amazing to me. Anyway on Saturday we had a meeting of our newly formed (and very informal) Riverside Photography Club at a Mexican restaurant called Tio's Tacos. Out the back of the restaurant the owner has collected 20 years worth of junk and trash and turned it into some amazing sculptures and objects of interest. So while walking through all this stuff I found the water pump photographed above. As I was sitting at my desk processing this photo it too me back to my childhood and The Egg Man.
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That is a really good story and I am amazed how the simple little things such as a water pump can bring back your childhood memories. I have used water pumps back home in India when we had water shortage and the city was not providing enough water to everyone. People crowded around these water pumps with big buckets and containers, filled them up and carried them up to their homes to use for cooking, cleaning and bathing. I remember carrying small buckets to our apartment located on the second floor and my sister would carry bigger containers too. We appreciated having somewhat clean water and never wasted it.
As always, thank you for sharing your wonderful stories and experiences, Martin. :)
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