In ter past we did not have any taps in our house. It was very different from now. We had to make our way to central taps that was quite far from our house. We did not want to travel back and forth so many times. so we would bring everything we needed there and we would often lug many pails of water home for later. we washed our clothes at these taps and some of the younger children even bathed there. Sometime.we would take our dirty plates pails of water back for our bath at night. This means that we could not bathe with hot water. my mother said.