Word: welshmen
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Under a "drought bill" that grants regional authorities the power to ban nonessential uses of water, Welshmen have been forbidden to water lawns, wash cars or fill swimming pools. Anyone caught hosing his garden is subject to an $800 fine. Beginning last week, more than a million Welsh residents are getting water only between 7 a.m. and 2 p.m., and this week some factories will go on compulsory half-rations. "There are no baths, and clothes don't get washed so often," says Cardiff Housewife Elizabeth Davies. "I used to use the washing machine every...
...knew their time had come," said Mike McKeown, 23. "My pals leaped out of the truck and dashed across a field, looking for cover in the tall grass. The boys who went down like cattle were my mates. There was Dave, Pete, Jock and a couple of Taffies [Welshmen], all smashing lads...