A PENDLE MP stepped back in time to take a walk down WaterAid’s Victorian street... experiencing the sights and smells of an era when open sewage ran through Britain's roads and rivers!
More than 100 Parliamentarians met characters from Victorian times to discover what life was like during the 'Great Stink' of 1858 to highlight WaterAid’s call for the UK Government to lead the way in ending the global water and sanitation crisis.
Pendle MP Andrew Stephenson also met some of the 115,056 supporters who signed the charity’s Make It Happen petition, who came from across the country to discuss the importance of ensuring everyone has clean water to drink and somewhere safe to go to the toilet.
He said: “It has been an eye-opening day, seeing what life was like in Victorian Britain when people lacked access to safe water and there was no decent sewerage system. Investment in water and sanitation had a huge impact on our health and development."
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