Robert Hume

illustrated by Cheryl Ives

Thomas Crapper’s life was an amazing journey. Although he came from a  poor background, he managed to become one of the most successful businessmen in the whole of the British Empire.  It was due to his initiative and vision that the flushing toilet became so widely used and accepted.   He also invented the bathroom showroom.  A brilliant and imaginative figure, Crapper became so famous that even the royal family employed him to install toilets in their palaces. A legend indeed in his own lifetime.