July 1914. Men from Armsworth Farm drawing water on the green at Old Alresford during the summer before the First War. The barrels held about 190 gallons. Sometimes a spare horse was taken to the pumping station to help pull the barrels back. Men from the surrounding villages used Old Alresford, others Preston Candover where the charge was 6d a barrel if they pumped their own water. Herbert Merritt the shoemaker (in the black apron) looks on.