Thomas Crapper did not invent the flushing toilet Credit: PA:Press Association ... but the cistern was loud and the down pipe straight so smells escaped, and it didn’t take on.

Thorne-born Thomas Crapper died on January 27, 1910 ... A Thomas Crapper cistern. In 1904, Crapper retired, passing the firm to his nephew George and his business partner Robert Marr Wharam.

THE Thomas Crapper toilet has been voted the most iconic product made in Britain. Despite British-made products facing growing competition from abroad, they have a special place in our hearts and ...

When Thomas Crapper finished his apprenticeship to a Master Plumber in Chelsea and set up his own business, he had no idea that his surname would become the subject of jokes for generations to come.

A ceremony in Beckenham on Saturday, May 4, marked the restoration of the grave of Victorian sanitary engineer Thomas Crapper. Reporter ...

WALLACE REYBURN, who has died aged 87, wrote Flushed with Pride (1969), the hugely successful biography of Thomas Crapper (1837-1910), the man who invented the modern flush lavatory. Deftly ...

NI Water has advised customers to check if their loo is leaking to celebrate Thomas Crapper Day in honour of the man ... 200 to 400 litres of water through constant leakage from the cistern into ...

IT is the smallest loo in Birmingham’s giant National Exhibition Centre. Standing just a few inches high, the Thomas Crapper & Company toilet is going on show at Miniatura – Britain’s ...