Tag: thomas crapper

• ‘A Quiet, Beautiful Slope About a Mile On The Southern Side of Crystal Palace’

  

  On a sunny day in May, I went for a walk and photo outing. Beckenham Crematorium and Cemetery, located in the London Borough of Bromley. It was an intrinsic part of my childhood, and is probably the reason that I found Sheldon’s original proposal for trips to all 7 of the Magnificent London cemeteries so […]

  irismacro

  May 25, 2015

  Biography, Crematorium, History, London, Visits

  beckenham, beckenham crematorium, Cemetery, cricket, Graves, London, Memorial, photos, thomas crapper, visit, w g grace, ww1, ww2

• At Your Convenience

  by Sheldon Invariably in London, you may be finding yourself with the need to use the nearest ‘convenience’. You may nip into a pub or a shop, or use the facilities provided for us by the local authorities. Imagine what it would be like without such necessities, people urinating or doing something even worse in […]

  Sheldon K Goodman

  February 3, 2014

  History, London

  Conveniences, George Jennings, Old Street, Public Toilets, Sanitation, thomas crapper, Wesley

• A Moment of Toilet Humour

  by Christina I went for a walk around Beckenham Crematorium the other day to stretch my legs. It was cold and windy and muddy and December. I hadn’t been to BC, which sits around the corner from the house where I grew up, for several years. I remember going there as a child with my […]

  irismacro

  December 19, 2013

  History

  beckenham, Grave, inventor, thomas crapper