Thomas Crapper

Last week our topic work was about the Victorians. We learned about the lives of three famous victorians using videoconferencing.
Our first videoconference was with Thomas Crapper, a plumber who was one of the first makers of a flush toilet. In early victorian times many people would throw their "waste" into the street. A lot of waste ended up in the Thames and it became known as the big stink. In the slums a whole street would share the same toilet. The toilet would be emptied at night by a nightman. Young children sometimes worked as Toshers. They would use a shovel and sticks to clear sewers if they were blocked with muck.