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Minister for Agriculture, Mr
W.S. Morrison, who also
happened to be MP for
Cirencester and thus Thames
Head, insisted this was
correct. When a peeved Mr
Perkins asked if the Minister
was ‘aware that the source
known as “Thames Head”
periodically dries up’, an
Honourable Member
interjected to ask, ‘Why don’t
you?’ Today, however, there
are plaques on the walls