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 | | Spending a Penny As well as inventing the first public convenience, Jennings was one of the greatest of all the revolutionary inventors named amongst Hellyer (the Wash-out), Daniel Thomas Bostel (the Excelsoir, 1875), Thomas Twyford (the National, 1881), Edward Johns (the Lion Pedestal, 1896), John Shanks (the No.4, 1864), and Henry Doulton (Simplicitas, 1897). |
 | | Thanks again to Council officers, especially Jane Warrener, for progressing this project, and to Don Bianco and Ivan Coffey (building surveyor) for advising and managing the works. |
 | | He was 72 years of age.' The funeral took place on 23 April 1882, and was attended by large numbers of friends, employees and mourners acknowledging Jennings' kindness and thoughtfulness of the interests of the labouring classes, and marking the respect of the community in which he lived. |
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