Sorry but my female plumber drove me around the U-bend

Women are splitting atoms and running for President so it should not have surprised me to find a female plumber on my door-step.

Article published by www.dailymail.co.uk
January 23rd 2008

Plumbers and electricians trained as council child abuse 'spies'

Spy on the job: Plumbers will be on the lookout for waterworks and other signs that children are being abused
Tradesmen working for local authorities are to be asked to report signs of child abuse and neglect as they visit the homes of council tenants.The plumbers, electricians and carpenters will be issued with a checklist of signs to look out for, including ‘unexplained bruising’ and ‘scalds’. Training will last just half a day.

Article published by www.dailymail.co.uk
October 19th 2008

British Gas Boilers & Homecare

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BBC Plumbing Quiz

The BBC have a plumbing quiz and factsheet to help prospective plumbers with their skills.

Fake plumbers con elderly woman

Two men posed as plumbers to trick their way into the home of a 95-year-old woman and steal property.Sussex Police said the pair told her they were mending a leak to a neighbouring building, on Wednesday at about 1800 GMT.One of the men distracted her by asking her to turn taps on in the kitchen of her home in Goring, while the other searched the house.

Articled published by news.bbc.co.uk
February 28th 2008

UK needs plumbers, not graduates

The United Kingdom needs more plumbers and fewer media studies graduates, company bosses said yesterday as they called for a radical shake-up of state education.

Article published by www.independent.co.uk
July 21st 2002

Roman Artisans Were First Plumbers

It's to the plumbing engineers of the Old Roman Empire that the Western world owes its allegiance. The glory of the Roman legions lay not only in the roads they built and the system of law and order they provided. It was their engineering genius and the skill of their craftsmen that enabled them to erect great baths and recreation
centers, the water supplied by aqueducts from sources miles away.
The Latin term "plumbus" means "lead," as was also the weight at the end of a line for perpendicular alignment. The plumber was a worker in lead who, in today's connotation, repairs or fits the apparatus of water distribution in and to a building. The Roman artisan plumbed pipe, soldered, installed and repaired; he worked on roofs and gutters, down to sewers and drains; in essence, everything involving supply and waste. In fact, this general job description of plumber's work lasted into the 20th century.