Tapware
Access to running water has always influenced the hierarchy of society. If you have running water, as most of us do, you are therefore likely to have all the conveniences of modern sanitary care. We can no doubt all imagine, and may even have experienced at some time, what it is like to live without running water. A camping trip is a gentle reminder ... by walking to the nearby ablution block, we think we are "roughing it". Life must have been uncomfortable in bygone times when bathing was a rare occasion. Imagine dining with Elizabeth I in her era - your senses would have been in overload! Not only would the experience have been visually impressive with the pomp and pageantry, but I'm sure the smell must have been just as memorable. To disguise one's odour, one doused oneself with perfume, put a group of people in a room together during this period and the smell of cooking odours, body odours and perfume must have been pungent.
