May I quote from a letter recently received from a fellow local historian  ::

          "On a quite different matter, can you help me with the name "Aquaperia", and what is the earliest reference you have to its use? I have been able to trace examples back to c1920, but no earlier."

    I am not familiar with this word and there appears to be no trace of it in any of the available seach engines......it is also clear, by direct (and crude?) translation that it is some sort of "Water Satchel".......a water carrier........

    Can anybody help me out on this word..??......or perhaps point me to some appropriate source......

Tony Cheal
Harrogate Historical Society and Re-Population Study Group