Here is another random post from the hubby. The old owners of the house had left a picture frame with old pictures of the farm (we are talking 1920’s to 30’s) and we saw that the village well used to be right outside the front of our house. We haven’t gotten around to scanning any of them yet, but as soon as the office is fully hooked up I promise we will add a picture of it.
Anyways, right before christmas we met one of the “oldtimers” from our town who used to be friends with the previous owner. It turned out that the guy is a freelance reporter and photographer and has a wealth of knowledge in all kinds of interesting things about the region. He told us that the old well was shut down and removed in 1954 because of typhoid fever spreading in the region. He told us that the old owner and him had been thinking about lobbying to bring the fountain back.
A few weeks ago while browsing the archive of city council meeting transcripts on our town’s homepage, very informative – I recommend for everybody to check those up in their own town, and learned that they just decided to bring back the well in another village that belongs to our town. Of course we where quite excited to hear that, that means there is hope!
This is a picture of a well just what we are imagining for outside our house. Before the question pops up, yes we do have running water in town and the well would just be for cosmetic reasons. But seeing that we are falling in love with this town and thinking about how we can get involved in restoring its beauty, this is something we really want.
