At Walthamstow Pump HouseClick here to book your tickets for THE GENTLE AUTHOR’S TOURS. Tiggy, the Pump House catWhat could be a more appealing excursion in these balmy summer days than a trip to a sewage pumping station in Walthamstow? One of these far-sighted enthusiasts was Melvin Mantell who took me on a personal tour of some of the highlights of the pump house collection and explained how it all came about. She said, ‘The old pump house has got steam engines in it.’ We were known as the ‘Friends of the Pump House.’