Armitage Shanks on a Urinal

Armitage Shanks is a British manufacturer of bathroom fixtures and plumbing supplies. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2048 × 1536 pixel, file size: 244 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Urinal in Edinburgh with the writing Armitage Shanks enlarged. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2048 × 1536 pixel, file size: 244 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Urinal in Edinburgh with the writing Armitage Shanks enlarged. ... A urinal is a specialized toilet designed to be used only for urination. ... A typical American bathroom A bathroom is a room that may have different functions depending on the cultural context. ... A plumber wrench for working on pipes and fittings Plumbing, from the Latin for lead (plumbum), is the skilled trade of working with pipes, tubing and plumbing fixtures for potable water systems and the drainage of waste. ...

As of 2004 Armitage Shanks has eight factories in the UK, the largest of which is in Stoke-on-Trent. Armitage Shanks is one of the sponsors of the Loo of the Year Awards. 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This page is about Stoke-on-Trent in England. ... The Loo of the Year Award is an award given by an independent association to public facilities in the United Kingdom that meet a number of requirements. ...

The company that became Armitage Shanks was founded in 1817 by Thomas Bond in Armitage, Staffordshire. The Armitage "sanitary pottery manufacture" became a successful UK toilet manucturer. In 1907 Armitage Ware Limited was incorporated. In 1969 Armitage merged with Shanks Holdings Limited, a competing "sanitary engineering company" established at Barrhead near Glasgow, Scotland in 1878, producing the famous brand name Armitage Shanks. In 1980 ownership of Armitage Shanks company was purchased by Blue Circle Industries. In February 1999 Blue Circle sold its bathroom division (consisting of Armitage Shanks and the Italian Ceramica Dolomite) to U.S. based American Standard Companies for 430 million United States dollars. Following this purchase, the Armitage Shanks brand disappeared outside of the UK, as their former export markets, such as those in east Asia, moved over to the American Standard brand. Armitage is a village in Staffordshire, England. ... Staffordshire (abbreviated Staffs) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. ... Flush toilet. ... Incorporation (abbreviated Inc. ... Barrhead (Ceann a Bhàirr in Scottish Gaelic although Gaelic is not spoken by natives of this part of Scotland] or Baurheid by some locals) is a small town in East Renfrewshire, Scotland, 8 miles southwest of Glasgow on the edge of the Gleniffer Braes, population approx. ... Glaswegian redirects here. ... Motto (Latin) No one provokes me with impunity Cha togar mfhearg gun dioladh (Scottish Gaelic)1 Wha daur meddle wi me?(Scots)1 Anthem (Multiple unofficial anthems) Scotlands location in Europe Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official languages English, Gaelic, Scots Government Constitutional monarchy  -  Queen Queen Elizabeth II... This article is about brands in marketing. ... Blue Circle Industries was a British public company manufacturing cement. ... Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic  - President George Walker Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from... American Standard Companies, Inc. ... ISO 4217 Code USD User(s) the United States, the British Indian Ocean Territory,[1] the British Virgin Islands, Cambodia, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, Maldives the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, Panama, Turks and Caicos Islands, and the insular areas of the United States Inflation 2. ...

Other uses of the name

The company has inspired other people and groups to use the name, sometimes as an example of toilet humour. This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

• Armitage Shanks, a UK rock band
• Armitage Shanks is the pseudonym of the ringmaster of the Seattle, Washington based Circus Contraption
• "Armatage Shanks" [sic] is the first song on Green Day's 1995 album, Insomniac, which came about after the band had been to England and noticed the brand name on the urinals there.
• Armitage Shanks is one of the nicknames for Richard Marsland, the panel operator for Triple M radio program Get This.
• Armitage Shanks is the 24th song on Future Clouds & Radar's self-titled 2007 album.

A pseudonym (Greek pseudo + -onym: false name) is an artificial, fictitious name, also known as an alias, used by an individual as an alternative to a persons true name. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Nickname: Location of Seattle in King County and Washington Coordinates: Country United States State Washington County King County Incorporated December 2 1869 Government  - Type Mayor-council  - Mayor Greg Nickels (NP) Area  - City  142. ... Circus Contraption (founded in 1998) is the name of a one-ring circus, vaudeville and dark cabaret troupe based in Seattle, Washington. ... Armatage Shanks is a song by punk band Green Day from Insomniac. ... Green Day is an American rock band band comprising three core members: Billie Joe Armstrong (guitar, lead vocals), Mike Dirnt (bass, backing vocals) and Tré Cool (drums). ... An album is a collection of related audio tracks distributed to the public. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Richard Marsland wearing Satiny Caftan Richard Marsland is an Australian comedy writer, actor, comedian and radio personality. ... Triple M is a network of radio stations owned by the Austereo Radio Network. ... Get This is an Australian comedy radio show hosted by Tony Martin and Ed Kavalee, with contributions from panel operator Richard Marsland . ... An album is a collection of related audio tracks distributed to the public. ...

External links

• Armitage Shanks corporate site

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