If you go to the panoramic visions website, this photo appears in the gallery for the 2009 inauguration. Whoops.

I worked for a major British brewer who explained that the best water for making beer traditionally comes from Burton on Trent. The water there is high in gypsum (I think) which is an ingredient used to make plaster. When other breweries try to match the water from Burton they ‘burtonise’ it by adding gypsum. Hence,…

I’ve honestly never heard anyone use the word gumboots in my 34 years as an Englishman. I can only assume you’re talking about ‘wellies’ (From Wellington Boots)