tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post4397142185872241904..comments2024-03-28T22:50:02.315+11:00Comments on ART and ARCHITECTURE, mainly: Flushed with success: Thomas CrapperHelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-69012468966609572822022-05-17T19:21:53.782+10:002022-05-17T19:21:53.782+10:00Catco
important yes, beautiful less so Catco<br /><br />important yes, beautiful less so Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-48411306029685012272022-05-16T18:05:04.470+10:002022-05-16T18:05:04.470+10:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.CATCO Enterpriseshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15438873722243796869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-27938390031998226852019-04-25T14:59:16.561+10:002019-04-25T14:59:16.561+10:00Your article is very helpful for me.Your article is very helpful for me.TOTO Aquiahttp://bestmoderntoilet.com/best-dual-flush-toilets/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-41538521833466528582019-04-09T17:00:12.470+10:002019-04-09T17:00:12.470+10:00original site and Toto Dual Flush Tankless Toilet
...original site and Toto Dual Flush Tankless Toilet<br /><br />thank you both. However I don't accept advertising.<br />Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-36491116668341272302019-01-31T12:02:25.943+11:002019-01-31T12:02:25.943+11:00The blog Spitalfield's Life has an excellent p...The blog Spitalfield's Life has an excellent post called At God’s Convenience 31st Jan 2019. The gentle author focused on John Wesley’s Chapel’s in City Rd when he paid a visit to the underground shrine of Thomas Crapper – our champion of the flushing toilet and inventor of the ballcock!<br /><br />Thanks for the link and the great photos<br />Hels<br />http://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/01/31/at-gods-convenience-x/Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-38828240965875207132016-03-22T16:35:37.603+11:002016-03-22T16:35:37.603+11:00Country Life
What a strange gift for a mother to ...Country Life<br /><br />What a strange gift for a mother to give her young son (the book, I mean.. not a toilet). But look what good came out of it :) Thanks.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-48781455362498056772016-03-22T13:29:08.259+11:002016-03-22T13:29:08.259+11:00Simon Kirby read Lucinda Lambton's book Temple...Simon Kirby read Lucinda Lambton's book Temples of Convenience and decided to research why the manufacturer had gone bust. After searching through the archives at Companies House, he was astonished to find that the company was still alive, although dormant. And he just had to have it.<br /><br />Thomas Crapper & Co is now based just outside Stratford-upon-Avon.Country Lifehttp://www.countrylife.co.uk/interiors/made-in-britain-thomas-crapper-co-82023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-77485137847966361242015-11-20T10:25:58.270+11:002015-11-20T10:25:58.270+11:00Anonymous
Thanks for reading this blog. Apparentl...Anonymous<br /><br />Thanks for reading this blog. Apparently today is World Toilet Day which you might like to check out: <br /><br />http://jerusalemhillsdailyphoto.blogspot.com.au/2015/11/meine-damen-und-herren.htmlHelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-6650567757382520592014-12-02T23:34:57.931+11:002014-12-02T23:34:57.931+11:00Wonderful blog! I found it while surfing around on...Wonderful blog! I found it while surfing around on Yahoo News.<br /><br />Do you have any suggestions on how to get <br />listed in Yahoo News? I've been trying for a while but <br />I never seem to get there! Appreciate it<br /><br />Here is my web blog <a href="http://studio4kids.tv/plumbing-repair-sydney-northern-beaches-northern-beaches-plumbing-repair-sydney-northern-beaches/" rel="nofollow">Freshwater Plumbers</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-83439214015754596602013-12-07T20:00:26.586+11:002013-12-07T20:00:26.586+11:00water tank sydney
true true.. but it is the cleve...water tank sydney<br /><br />true true.. but it is the clever thinking that counts. I refer you to Discover Britain magazine Jan-Feb 2014. Sir John Harrington's flush toilet was voted as one of the eight all-time great inventions that changed the world.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-62544660648831618642013-03-20T20:23:25.167+11:002013-03-20T20:23:25.167+11:00In the olden times the new indoor toilets are not ...In the olden times the new indoor toilets are not so comfortable or neither efficient.But now now are days toilets are comfortable and contain water tank in it.For more information about water tank visit<a href="http://www.rousehillirrigation.com.au/" rel="nofollow">water tank Sydney</a>water tank sydneyhttp://www.rousehillirrigation.com.au/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-51913872662032818502013-01-13T17:52:15.457+11:002013-01-13T17:52:15.457+11:00I have added a reference to Sir John Harrington wh...I have added a reference to Sir John Harrington who was credited with inventing the first flushing water closet.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-66958496377634102122012-06-09T16:28:25.429+10:002012-06-09T16:28:25.429+10:00webster
many thank you for your response.
Being...webster<br /><br />many thank you for your response. <br /><br />Being an Australian, I would only have been aware of the British terminology. But it makes sense that EVERY society would create its own language for something as common as toilets. <br /><br />Criticising the Oxford is a bit like criticising God :) It takes a strong person to do it.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-74847244543349592092012-06-09T11:27:50.577+10:002012-06-09T11:27:50.577+10:00These comments are naive anachronisms by copy-cats...These comments are naive anachronisms by copy-cats who cannot cite a single primary source. That goes for the Oxford English Dictionary, too, and its numerous copies. Nary a single crapper joke was known before England's hi-tech Crapper WCs were first frequented by soldiers in the WW-I AEF (American Expeditionary Force). Most doughboys were farm boys used to the US "outhouse", a wooden outdoor privy. That was itself well ahead of farm life elsewhere in the world and still is. Victoria would not have been amused by the Crapper manhole lid at Westminster Abbey, since it was not funny or taboo then. I grew up in a house built in 1880s in a progressive NY state city; it got its indoor toilet in 1913. English Crapper WCs were not exported to the USA. Professor Allen Walker Read published the earliest attestation of the inflected form "crapped" in his "Classic American Graffiti" dating from the post-WWI USA. Davies' Corpora show the earliest uses in the US date from the 193s. Ken Grabowski interviewed all of Thos Crapper's surviving relatives in recent years. They were dumb-founded by the hullaballoo, which was jump-started by Wallace Reyburns' "Flushed with Pride," which was a farce, not a hoax. The 1840s slang "crapping ken, cropping case" cited in the OED is totally mis-interpreted. It was a joke adverting to the "crop/crap" (Scots) of grass for the wipe, not the dump. –Crapper denial is as ignorant as the supposed JFK Berliner jelly doughnut myth.webster's latest word originshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15196435085034482437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-90260424756138563002011-07-04T15:45:13.919+10:002011-07-04T15:45:13.919+10:00Jim
agreed. There is no reason why a plumber canno...Jim<br />agreed. There is no reason why a plumber cannot be a successful designer and business man. We owe a great deal to Thomas Crapper.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-74327934681647532222011-07-04T14:00:18.726+10:002011-07-04T14:00:18.726+10:00Interesting stuff. Great post.Interesting stuff. Great post.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16361781616939928650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-21882940784386163572011-06-29T09:55:26.369+10:002011-06-29T09:55:26.369+10:00Glen,
thank you for that. I wonder why he wanted ...Glen,<br /><br />thank you for that. I wonder why he wanted to be buried in Beckenham and not in Thorne, where he came from, or London, where he lived for much of his adult life. Perhaps his nephew made the choice.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-39158495042461388832011-06-29T08:05:36.499+10:002011-06-29T08:05:36.499+10:00Hi Hels - another good read. I won't add any m...Hi Hels - another good read. I won't add any more schoolboy jokes just that Mr Crapper's final resting place is here in Kent (Beckenham).<br /><br />GlenGlen / Kent Today and Yesterdayhttp://kenttodayandyesterday.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-72768113369010297082011-06-29T00:24:53.265+10:002011-06-29T00:24:53.265+10:00Hermes
nod. Well to do Roman families had running...Hermes<br /><br />nod. Well to do Roman families had running water and lovely toilet blocks with marble surrounds. Sometimes it takes hundred and hundreds of years before someone reinvents the wheel.<br /><br />I suppose there was nothing that could be done about the upstairs problem, except put the loo downstairs. At least until the problem got sorted.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-69136791378715608982011-06-28T20:26:51.602+10:002011-06-28T20:26:51.602+10:00Mr Hero
at first it wouldn't have mattered if...Mr Hero<br /><br />at first it wouldn't have mattered if the new indoor toilets were neither efficient or comfortable. The alternatives were far worse.<br /><br />But as time went on, and competition hotted up, comfort and efficiency became far more important. Thomas Crapper was very good at self-advertising, but he was also a great designer and business man. His royal warrants were evidence of satisfied royal bottoms.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-13745075370863187912011-06-28T20:18:38.853+10:002011-06-28T20:18:38.853+10:00Jane and Lance
Good point. It should not surprise...Jane and Lance<br /><br />Good point. It should not surprise us at all that antique, salvaged Thomas Crapper items are highly sought after. They are very desirable collectors' items, almost.<br /><br />What might surprise everyone is the market for historically accurate, reproduction Victorian and Edwardian Crapper items. People who cannot find, or cannot afford the original pieces, still want top quality fixtures and fittings that look as if they came from Crapper's production line.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-28156347048290451622011-06-28T20:14:44.664+10:002011-06-28T20:14:44.664+10:00The compost toilet was also popular at one time be...The compost toilet was also popular at one time before running water was laid on upstairs (pressure was too weak for a long time and it was charged extra)Hermeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00968366076064269729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-39288348995738837402011-06-28T19:36:49.611+10:002011-06-28T19:36:49.611+10:00Elegance and historical authenticity are two impor...Elegance and historical authenticity are two important things, but what about comfort and efficiency?RenovatingHeronoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-4387362485312075972011-06-28T19:33:55.674+10:002011-06-28T19:33:55.674+10:00Andrew,
it is inevitable, isn't it? Every bu...Andrew, <br /><br />it is inevitable, isn't it? Every bum, buttock, peeing and outdoor dunny joke we heard in primary school comes uninvited into the brain. But imagine going through school with the surname Crapper. Dear god.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-52195446871880048352011-06-28T16:26:55.488+10:002011-06-28T16:26:55.488+10:00Hello Helen:
As you may imagine, and are most like...Hello Helen:<br />As you may imagine, and are most likely aware, antique, salvaged 'Thomas Crapper' items command a very large price in Britain where they are most sought after for restoration projects or even to be installed in new developments which demand period fixtures and fittings. Reclamation is now a very big business - probably also in Australia.Jane and Lance Hattatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831890261259302647noreply@blogger.com