Simon Holmes posted an article on
The Rainbow Bank
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Jan 21, 2010, 9:45 am
In 1836, in the County of Yorkshire, was born a man by the name of Thomas Crapper.
At the age of fourteen he was apprenticed as a plumber to a firm in London.
Having learnt his craft, he set up a company in Robert Street, Chelsea, to provide and install, bathroom fittings.
Whilst Thomas did not inve...