Thomas Crapper - A Victorian Pioneer That We Still Visit!
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- čas přidán 11. 11. 2023
- In this video we look at the life and times of Mr. Thomas Crapper, the Chelsea plumber who became a true pioneer in the world of Victorian sanitary engineering.
Born in 1836, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, he came to London in his early teens and became an apprentice with his brother, George Crapper, who himself was a Master Plumber.
In 1861, Thomas ventured out on his own and set up a plumbing business in Robert Street, Chelsea.
Very soon he had moved to a larger premises at 50 - 54, Marlborough Street, Chelsea, where he established his "Marlboro' Works."
In 1871, the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII0 contracted typhoid, which he had caught from the bad drains under a house at which he had attended a house party.
The Prince recovered, but there was national indignation at the near loss of the heir to the throne, and the call went out for engineers and inventors to do something to improve the drainage and ordure disposal across the nation.
Thomas Crapper came to the rescue with a series of inventions that revolutionised drainage and sanitation.
But, he also became a true pioneer in the marketing of products, and, in a crowded market, he had soon come to the fore, and even supplied the toilets for Sandringham House.
Eventually his name became synonymous with the act of visiting the W.C., and the rest, as they say, is history.
I am actually directly related to Thomas Crapper. My Gran actually changed her last name for obvious reasons.
I have a 1924 catalogue from Crappers. My Granddad was a high-end plumber in London
I bet that's great to have.
No other channel on CZcams could've gotten me to actually watch this video all the way through lol
Glad you watched it.
@@JackTheRipperTours And enjoyed it!
I'm surprised the South Park S16E01 episode didn't mention Thomas Crapper. They instead evoked the spirit of John Harington, who explains that his toilet design requires people to sit facing the tank, and not outward (in order to use the tank as a shelf for reading material and drink). As an Aussie, Crap & Crapper has become part of our language😅
Love the Bond reference in the thumbnail!
Glad you liked it John.
I much rather pull an old fashioned toilet chain than the modern push button...lol...great vid.
Pleased you enjoyed it. Apparently the modern duo flush toilets waste more water than the old pull and let goes!
Yeah they are annoying and crap.... I had one that wouldn't work properly and they had to replace it and it still doesnt work right. U cant push the big flat part of it sticks and water keeps running. The old handle was better, not sure bout chains as i've never seen or used one.
@@JackTheRipperTours Which evidence suggests these were designed by government bureaucraps... er... crats, that is.
I admit, I laughed! Great story Rich!
Glad you enjoyed it
Excellent video, which i feel you have enjoyed a little too much 😂
I most certainly enjoyed it Ian! Left me flushed!
Thanks for sharing this. It was actually quite interesting. I like knowing the history of various names and words, and this provided so much more than that.
Great stuff! Unfortunately, I was watching this whilst having breakfast but enjoyed the video anyway ;)
Hope I didn't spoil your breakfast!
Fun video and educational too!
Thank you.
Excellent. Most informative.
Entertaining, informative and Cheeky! Now I am off to the bog to pay homage! 😄
Excellent 👍🏻
plumbers have saved more lives than doctors 😂
Indeed. Sir Joseph Bazalgette also did more to save lives than possibly any other Victorian.
I just took a crap. Thanks Tom.
A gift for a punning script writer :-D
The puns Richard...😂
I couldn't resist!
A pioneer crapper
Indeed.
That video was full of cr&p. Very informative cr&p that was a pleasure to hear. Nice one, Richard. 👍
I saw the title and thought "oh no Richard has fallen for the myth". I should've known better. Sorry Richard. What can I say it's been a 16 hour day.
No apology necessary. And, to be honest, when I began it I almost did fall for the myth!
I imagine any daughters he had would have been glad to get married and take a new name, and the sons probably did so too.
Well done with wit.Now I have to CRAP
Thank you, David.
Strange how surnames change over time
Guy Martin had a flush off in the boat that Guy built & Crappers loo won.
It's disgusting how Crapper became so famous for something he stole from its original inventor, Jean de Loo
Fecal matters! 😜
Oh it's all waste matter. Defecated is just a polite way of saying shite. Sorry for my vulgarity. ❤❤😂