Comments on: The sad demise of the public convenience http://heatherbrooke.org/2006/article-on-the-passing-of-the-british-public-toilet/ Heather Brooke is an award-winning writer, journalist and activist Sun, 29 Apr 2012 09:44:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: E Willoughby http://heatherbrooke.org/2006/article-on-the-passing-of-the-british-public-toilet/comment-page-1/#comment-857 E Willoughby Sat, 23 Jun 2007 22:11:19 +0000 http://www.yrtk.org/2006/article-on-the-passing-of-the-british-public-toilet/#comment-857 As a constant traveller of the country, i am amazed how bad the situation is. Where there are loos, these usually close at around 5pm. What happens after then? I dont mind paying to go, there is certainly an opening here for some body to start opening private loos. say 10p a go. As a constant traveller of the country, i am amazed how bad the situation is. Where there are loos, these usually close at around 5pm. What happens after then? I dont mind paying to go, there is certainly an opening here for some body to start opening private loos. say 10p a go.

]]> By: drk http://heatherbrooke.org/2006/article-on-the-passing-of-the-british-public-toilet/comment-page-1/#comment-856 drk Thu, 16 Mar 2006 16:45:45 +0000 http://www.yrtk.org/2006/article-on-the-passing-of-the-british-public-toilet/#comment-856 The decline of the public toilet in the UK has been long and slow. I don't know what it was that the Thatcher government had against public conveniences - but when she slashed public expenditure public toilets were out - and we have been sinking into an ocean of the green stuff ever since. India used to be terrible for pools of urine - then the Indian authorities woke up and installed urinals - right now the UK is worse than India for public conveniences. At least in India I can find somewhere to go without being arrested - in the UK if I am unlucky I could end up on the sexual offenders register. Public conveniences are just that - public and convenient - and they should be tucked away everywhere where there are people - and usable for free. Anything else is a health hazard and just proves that we are less civilised that the Romans, Greeks and, yes, even the modern Indians. The decline of the public toilet in the UK has been long and slow.

I don’t know what it was that the Thatcher government had against public conveniences – but when she slashed public expenditure public toilets were out – and we have been sinking into an ocean of the green stuff ever since.

India used to be terrible for pools of urine – then the Indian authorities woke up and installed urinals – right now the UK is worse than India for public conveniences.

At least in India I can find somewhere to go without being arrested – in the UK if I am unlucky I could end up on the sexual offenders register.

Public conveniences are just that – public and convenient – and they should be tucked away everywhere where there are people – and usable for free.

Anything else is a health hazard and just proves that we are less civilised that the Romans, Greeks and, yes, even the modern Indians.

]]> By: George http://heatherbrooke.org/2006/article-on-the-passing-of-the-british-public-toilet/comment-page-1/#comment-855 George Wed, 08 Feb 2006 14:57:17 +0000 http://www.yrtk.org/2006/article-on-the-passing-of-the-british-public-toilet/#comment-855 Thank god for McDonalds! One can always go there for a slash, American style.... Thank god for McDonalds! One can always go there for a slash, American style….

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