You know guys Brits have a renown forte of turning boring sanitary ware into art forms .
No other nation comes closed to elevating the common or garden bog, or commode into a something ornate!
An object d 'art no less!
Something to cuddle or embrace while vomiting the effects of too much Whitbread Tankard at the local Rugger club dinner & dance & after a winning against some hard ar$ed Welsh team from the valleys.
All you can remember @ 1 a.m is the alcoholic haze the chant
"There's a dirty stinking $hit house 6 miles north west of Katmandu "!
So with this preamble you can no doubt appreciate my delight in discovering about 30 years ago
Do It Yurself Plumbing in the older section of Denver near the BNSF railroad tracks .
A series of tumble down shacks selling all sorts of plumbing supplies. AND sanitary wares both new and antique.
Out back was the yard, run by a bloke called Charlie who resembled a skinny American version of Fred Dibnah ! There were acres upon acres of used and salvaged sanitary wares mostly imported a half century ago or more, from the UK bearing names of fame like those of Thomas Twyford, Armitage Shanks, & Ogee !
I wandered around looking at Ogee or Amitage Shanks products , lines of white crazed pissoirs all stood to attention like tombstones. or freestanding commodes like a giants' causeway of Twyfords ashtrays.
In the corner was a shack refurbishing these cast off British works of art for the well heel'd of Denver& the West and their construction projects.
Mar 23, 2020 - We believe this bowl to be made by Thomas Twyford. It's the "Zone" model, it's definitely English porcelain, and is circa 1890. This bowl will need a Throne seat, and some repair to make it live again. All four screw holes around the base have been chipped, and the one on the...
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After several years of my repeat business it got remodeled and ended up looking like this:-
A photo at Do-It-Ur-Self Plumbing & Heating Supply
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Robert the owner now a good friend of mine retired & shut shop late December last.
So, with no alterative you have only Home Depot or Lowes to purchase a boring line cheap Chinese knock off's, similar to what you might find being flogged at B&Q in zee auld country!
So no wonder everyone just pi$$es the streets , no class!
Frankly who wants to pi$$ in some cheap Chinese made knock off ceramic ware that has no class!
In zee gut auld days it was a unique pleasure to pee into shiny British made stoneware pissoirs with Shanks Armitage on it in blue, all arranged in a subway tiled underground Victorian temple of the famed Drum roll Drum roll ,
The British public convenience complete with attendant and his bike propped up against the wall. Now mostly all gone !
What ever next!
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