The taps on the standpipes near us were new this year had no thread on them for fixing hose pipes. The end of the tap was smooth and tapered so a jubilee clip would not hold.
Apart from this, the top of the tap had to be pushed down and then released to start the water flowing, after a couple of litres the flow stopped and the top had to be pushed again.
Not very user friendly if you wanted to fill a pool.
You guys crack me up............easy innit .....take your own tap ! thats called easyology 
Easyology huh?
Did you think I meant the thread on the end of the tap?
There aren't any on HA anymore they have the cunning button that Bob describes. No I want to know the thread size that allows the tap to go onto the standpipe, obvious innit? Undo their tap, get a bit wet, (dry again in minutes) screw on our tap then fill receptacle (No I dunno how to spell pool) then whip off ours get wet again and then screw t heirs back on.
Bob's your U!
Only drawback, the thread size is bigger than any taps I have lying around.
