Saturday 31 January 2015

London Flusher

A 'flusher' in London is one of the people hired to unblock London sewer systems by, um, descending into the depths.

This wonderful photo apparently shows the gear used by a flusher in the Twentieth Century. Eat your heart out, steampunkers.

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  1. Derek31 January 2015 at 12:15

    All that protection, and he's not wearing gloves?

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  2. Jason31 January 2015 at 13:28

    I bet he has his sandwiches in his pocket too!

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  3. Karitas31 January 2015 at 14:27

    Check out the Davy lamp - I guess methane explosions were a thing...

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    1. John Lambshead31 January 2015 at 14:35

      I noticed that. A manhole cover blew off without warning recently in a UK city. A toddler was damn lucky to be unhurt.

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  4. Simon Quinton 31 January 2015 at 16:48

    Reminds me of one of the EM4 Scavengers.

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  5. DeanM31 January 2015 at 18:00

    I immediately caught the "no gloves" policy too! :)

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    1. John Lambshead31 January 2015 at 19:27

      His glove could be in his pocket with his pork pie and sandwiches.

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  6. JP31 January 2015 at 22:17

    I once had a job maintaining sewerage pumps. Once one got clogged with kitchen fat, and we had to get someone in to unblock the pipe. He turns up, clad in t-shirt, shorts and trainers, opened the manhole, jumped right in and went to work!

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  7. The Kiwi2 February 2015 at 00:04

    what a shit job. Wonder if it paid well.

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    1. John Lambshead2 February 2015 at 11:43

      What do you mean paid? It still exists. I suspect the job pays very well these days.

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