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Loos, Poos and Number Twos

Peter Hepplewhite

Tom Morgan-Jones

Welcome reader! This is the history book you've been waiting for! Peer down the pan of the past with us to discover all there is to know about Tudor toilets, medieval manure, dinosaur dung and Ancient Chinese chutes. Poo chutes, that is.

Find out about the earliest WCs, what loos were like in the pyramids, how the Romans gossiped in public loos and what castle moats were really used for. Discover how Henry VIII cleansed the Royal Bum, what part 'gongfermors' played in medieval times and who invented loo paper!

When did we finally upgrade to flushable facilities and sanitary sewers? And why were early Victorian streets piled high with poo?

Dip into these chronicles of the cloakroom to find the answers to all these historical hygiene questions and many more...

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  • Classification : Others
  • Pub Date : OCT 27, 2016
  • Imprint : Wayland
  • Page Extent : 32
  • Binding : PB
  • ISBN : 9780750289887
  • Price : INR 599
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Peter Hepplewhite

Peter Hepplewhite is an experienced writer of children`s history and has taught the subject for many years. He is currently the Education Officer for Tyne & Wear Archives Service.

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Tom Morgan-Jones

Anna Claybourne has written over 150 children's books on all kinds of subjects from sharks black holes and splitting the atom to how to draw Shakespeare's life and Greek myths and legends. She likes space sewing and music plays the trombone and loves going camping.

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