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Originally Posted by Paul mabbott  Well, it could be worse. Derbyshire was notable for the incidence of goitre and cretinism due to the absence of iodine in the limey waters: Goitre - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I still think that your water is not as bad as that in London ... although, clearly nothing like as good as that in Yorkshire! Yet people used to come to Buxton and other Derbys places to 'take the waters' .... I suppose that our (British) water is now mixed from such a lot of sources that it has lost all individuality? |
Yes, goitre here is called "Derbyshire Neck"
The waters that people use to come to Buxton for is the natural spring water - which one can buy bottled at exorbitant prices, but obtain free from St Annes Well - which is a far cry from the stuff we get out of the taps.
I grew up in Sussex, where our water came straight off the chalk downs, it was delicious. The high calcium content probably explains my good teeth! But it use to furr the kettle something terrible.