Polzeath Stories Royalty

Somehow I have it on my Polzeath Timeline that the King turned on the water to Polzeath from up on Bodmin Moor in 1927. 

The Times of 1926 suggests that the Prince of Wales (not to become the King Edward VIII for another 10 years) actually is more likely to have turned on our water, rather than his father King George V.

Can any reader confirm this either way?

In 1927 The Prince of Wales was in Plymouth anyway laying the foundation stone of the new University of South West England and was also playing golf at St Enodoc. So it makes sense he took a detour to Crowdy Reservoir but can anyone confirm this?

I’ve written much about the importance of our water supply and how the privatisation of SW Water in 1989 had serious implications for the health of visitors and locals alike. Even until today, although it’s hard to prove.

As the most significant mass poisoning in British history it is still perhaps also one of the greatest coverups!

Who would have thought it could all trickledown to this one point in history?

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