Way back in 1858 London suffered what was called the 'Great Stink'. This was caused by no end of raw sewage from London just being dumped into the River Thames. It got so bad that Parliament was forced to hang heavy curtains infused with lime juice in a futile attempt to block out this terrible whiff.
After much nose holding it was decided to suspend Parliament and sort this dilemma out. So, they handed a contract to the well renowned civil engineer Sir Joseph Bazalgette to design and build a sewage system for London. At the time this was the largest and most complex project on Planet earth. Like the majority of Great British Victorian engineers he succeeded!
Now the irony!
Sir Joseph Bazelgate was charged with shovelling the crap out of society! His great-great-Grandson, Peter Bazalgate intoduced the UK to Big Brother and started shovelling the crap back in again!
Ain't History a funny thing?
After much nose holding it was decided to suspend Parliament and sort this dilemma out. So, they handed a contract to the well renowned civil engineer Sir Joseph Bazalgette to design and build a sewage system for London. At the time this was the largest and most complex project on Planet earth. Like the majority of Great British Victorian engineers he succeeded!
Now the irony!
Sir Joseph Bazelgate was charged with shovelling the crap out of society! His great-great-Grandson, Peter Bazalgate intoduced the UK to Big Brother and started shovelling the crap back in again!
Ain't History a funny thing?
