SIR: I have read the letters about gipsies and the water shortage.

Well, where do they get their water from, how much do they use, and who pays for it?

I have been paying water rates since 1934, and the latest was £159.40 for 12 months. I don't think they trail a water tank around with them, so what do they do?

Mrs L Walton

Broadway, Farnworth

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