On 01/08/2013 19:57, Chris Dickinson wrote: > Graeme Wall wrote: > > >> The beer they drank was small beer, about 1%ABV, just enough to kill the >> germs. Modern beers are in the 3.5% to 6% range. > > > > Aw now, Graeme. Don't spoil my little fun with cold sober science. > Cheers :-) Seriously it was a lot safer to drink beer than water then, even children would be given beer. For serious drinking gin was the tipple! See Hogarth's prints. My grandfather worked for a gin distillery near Waterloo and he hated the stuff! -- Graeme Wall This account not read, substitute trains for rail. Railway Miscellany at <http://www.greywall.demon.co.uk/rail>