The Rushden Echo, 24th June 1898, transcribed by Kay Collins
A GOLD MEDAL FOR RUSHDEN MEN –At the Paris Exhibition a gold medal and diploma were awarded to Messrs. York and Pare for a flushing appliance for water closets. Mr. York is the chief plumber for the Rushden Urban Council and Mr. Pare was until about twelve ago the surveyor under the Council.
Messrs. York and Pare's patent was invented to dispense with the lever and chains and all moving wearing parts within the cistern, and also to provide a powerful flush. The apparatus is actuated simply by pressing a small disc, upon which the cistern discharges its contents. The diploma has been very prettily framed in green beaded moulding by Mr. G. Yates, and both medal and diploma have been exhibited in the shop window of Mr. H. Sharpe, High-street.
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| Note: George Yates submitted plans to the Council in Oct 1896 to build a photographic studio in Station Road “68ft from Perkins' Factory” but little is known about his business. |
William Pare was born in Nottingham in 1869. He studied to be an architect and came to Rushden in 1894 when he was appointed town surveyor and inspector of nuisances for the newly created Rushden Urban Council. At first he lodged with Charles Allen and his family in Victoria Road, before moving to Irchester Road. He left the employ of the council in 1897, when was succeeded by Mr Madin.
The following year, working with the town plumber, Mr York, he invented a flushing closet. They won the Gold Medal for this at the Paris Exhibition in 1898. Nothing more is known of him in Rushden, as he had left the town by 1901. He died in Nottinghamshire in 1947 aged 78.
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