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Thomas Twyford and his son Thomas William Twyford established what is now known as Twyford Bathrooms in 1849 in Bath Street, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent. The worldwide demands for new sanitaryware soon required the building of an all new factory in 1887 at Cliffe Vale, Stoke-on-Trent. This was the first purpose built bathrooms factory in the world.
Thomas William Twyford (1849–1921) was an English pottery manufacturer. He invented the single piece, ceramic flush toilet . At the time of Twyford's death he was recognised as a leading pioneer in the application of principles of hygiene to sanitary appliances.
A new ideal 'model' factory, Cliffe Vale Pottery, was built by T.W. Twyford in 1887, and his factory manufactured the world's first flushing toilets [2] and other innovative sanitaryware for over 100 years. The Twyfords works closed in 1994, and moved to a purpose-built factory at Alsager.
The previous Conservative MP who Billson had defeated in 1906, Sir James Heath, now aged 55, declined an offer to contest the seat for his party, [3] so the Conservatives chose 58-year-old local man Thomas Twyford as their candidate. [5] He was Chairman of Twyfords of Hanley, Staffordshire, who built bathroom fittings.
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By 1879 Twyford had devised his own type of the "wash out" trap water closet; he titled it the "National", and it became the most popular wash-out water closet. [57] Flush toilets were widely available from the mid to late 19th century. Although Thomas Crapper did not invent the flush toilet, he was a leading manufacturer.