Public toilets....

[katie1997]

Please say its not just me getting older but WTF has happened to them?

If you lived in a city*, you'd at least know that you were never far away from one ... complete with stern/lovely* (*delete as appropriate) caretaker in a swirly psychedelic patterned apron. They wouldn't dream of spritzing you with designer perfume or demanding money from you either.

Now there's nowhere to go unless you pop into a cafe or a bar? And even then you can only use the facilities on production of a receipt in exchange for that magical pin code. Or the exact change.

*If you lived in the countryside, no problemo!

[annabel42]

And those strange new things are of no use to people who suffer from claustrophobia.

[woodrot]

In ED, the Penge bound revellers ingeniously use doorways to fulfill their bathroom needs.LL pubs n novelty bars - they never stop giving do they.

[maxxi]

Judging by the number of mothers/nannies one sees on the side streets around LL on a weekend holding their little boys/charges steady while they pee up a tree or a lampost the next generation are being trained to live without public conveniences.

[katie1997]

I think you're all onto something there....

Perhaps I'm harking back to a long-forgotten, er, 'golden' era of public conveniences with attendants that just don't exist anymore. Okay the soap and the bog roll wasn't best quality but at least it was better than nothing.

Maybe I need an 'app' to alert me to the nearest one? I must be old-fashioned. Hate those new metal box things where you can't open and close the door by yourself. The ones on trains are awful now too.

[aquarius moon]

I won't use the new ones on the trains, after getting stuck in one & not being able to get out.

Another time, I saw somebody push the button on the outside, the door opened, and there was a person

sitting on the toilet in full view of all the passengers!

Bring back the old fashioned toilets with proper manual locks - far less stressful, and I would actually

be able to travel from A to B without avoiding coffee or liquid refreshment, for fear of

needing the loo!

[KidKruger]

I think it's a disgrace that what was a standard question when I was a kid would now be a question with no reply - "where's the nearest public loo ?".

They were everywhere and they were free.

Nowadays I guess businesses take up the bulk of the burden, I don't think the huge numbers that used public loos just stopped peeing because the loos vanished !

It's an outrage, esp in early hours when nowhere's open.

Maybe it partially explains the 'orliquid'squid' thread (the filling of bottles, not the dumping..).

Naive comment from Maxxi, have a few kids and try traipsing round shops and cafes after dragging your kids away from the swingpark looking for a loo that'll fit you and all the kids in while you attend to the child that wanted a pee 15 mins ago.

[Huguenot]

Interesting. This is a list of public toilets from Southwark Council. For those people entertaining the kids on Googse Green, I've highlighted the nearest loo ;-)

Crown House NHO, 41-43 East Dulwich Road, SE22 9BY, Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm

Dulwich Library, 368 Lordship Lane, SE22 8NB, Monday, Thursday and Friday 9am to 8pm; Tuesday 10am to 8pm; Saturday 9am to 5pm; Sunday 12pm to 4pm (toilets are usually locked but ask for the key at the desk)

Kingswood Library, Kingswood House, Seeley Drive, SE21 8QR, Monday to Thursday 9am to 5pm

Dulwich Park Rangers Officer, Dulwich Park, College Gate Road, SE21 7BQ, Every day, dawn to dusk

Rear of pavillion cafe, Dulwich Park, College Gate Road, SE21 7BQ, Every day, dawn to dusk

Cycle hire block, Dulwich Park, College Gate Road, SE21 7BQ, Every day, dawn to dusk

[maxxi]

KidKruger Wrote:

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> I think it's a disgrace that what was a standard

> question when I was a kid would now be a question

> with no reply - "where's the nearest public loo

> ?".

> They were everywhere and they were free.

> Nowadays I guess businesses take up the bulk of

> the burden, I don't think the huge numbers that

> used public loos just stopped peeing because the

> loos vanished !

> It's an outrage, esp in early hours when nowhere's

> open.

> Maybe it partially explains the 'orliquid'squid'

> thread (the filling of bottles, not the

> dumping..).

>

>

> Naive comment from Maxxi, have a few kids and try

> traipsing round shops and cafes after dragging

> your kids away from the swingpark looking for a

> loo that'll fit you and all the kids in while you

> attend to the child that wanted a pee 15 mins ago.

Just an observation kk - I didn't offer an opinion as to whether it was right or wrong or even disgusting or perfectly understandable - I know having kids must be an absolute hell but don't let your paranoia get the better of you.

[Annette Curtain]

There's definitely one in Penge

( it's a bit weird though )

And there's lovely signs for two in Crystal Palace but they've blocked the actual "bogs" off.

I know there's one in Rustington. It used to say "Clive Scrimshaw is a bender" on the inside of the door, above the crudely cut hole filled with Izal loo roll.

There's was one at Littlehampton train station with a massive rubber-jonny machine inside the narrow entrance "This machine is alarmed" it said on the outside. I used to cycle an 8 mile round trip for that one.

Under the Sea lane cafe in Goring-by-sea there's also one . When the tide comes in it gets a bit damp in there, so the bog roll tears easily.

If I can think of anymore, i'll let you know.

NETTE:-S

[katie1997]

Well, the one at Hunstanton is shut on bank holiday Mondays despite the fact the most exciting happening in the area for years - a whale landed on the beach :(

Keep them coming Nette, I'm genuinely interested X

[maxxi]

katie1997 Wrote:

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> Well, the one at Hunstanton is shut on bank

> holiday Mondays

But there are usually handy piles of starfish one can hide behind

[Google]

There use to be one in dulwich libary park, but got taken away years ago, i know its anoying espesially when some ones init, usually you can just walk into a pub now, as pubs are a public house and you should be allowed.

some of them arround tho,but not in dulwich ive seen, but they have a time limit and can open up.

[The Minkey]

"Crown House NHO, 41-43 East Dulwich Road, SE22 9BY, Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm

Dulwich Library, 368 Lordship Lane, SE22 8NB, Monday, Thursday and Friday 9am to 8pm; Tuesday 10am to 8pm; Saturday 9am to 5pm; Sunday 12pm to 4pm (toilets are usually locked but ask for the key at the desk)

Kingswood Library, Kingswood House, Seeley Drive, SE21 8QR, Monday to Thursday 9am to 5pm

Dulwich Park Rangers Officer, Dulwich Park, College Gate Road, SE21 7BQ, Every day, dawn to dusk

Rear of pavillion cafe, Dulwich Park, College Gate Road, SE21 7BQ, Every day, dawn to dusk

Cycle hire block, Dulwich Park, College Gate Road, SE21 7BQ, Every day, dawn to dusk"

God forbid you need a pee outside those hours.

[Guest]

> "Crown House NHO, 41-43 East Dulwich Road, SE22

> 9BY, Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm

> Dulwich Library, 368 Lordship Lane, SE22 8NB,

> Monday, Thursday and Friday 9am to 8pm; Tuesday

> 10am to 8pm; Saturday 9am to 5pm; Sunday 12pm to

> 4pm (toilets are usually locked but ask for the

> key at the desk)

> Kingswood Library, Kingswood House, Seeley Drive,

> SE21 8QR, Monday to Thursday 9am to 5pm

> Dulwich Park Rangers Officer, Dulwich Park,

> College Gate Road, SE21 7BQ, Every day, dawn to

> dusk

> Rear of pavillion cafe, Dulwich Park, College Gate

> Road, SE21 7BQ, Every day, dawn to dusk

> Cycle hire block, Dulwich Park, College Gate Road,

> SE21 7BQ, Every day, dawn to dusk"

The ones at the library aren't locked. You used to have to ask them to release the access door but they stopped that a while back. You could also try:

Cafe Nero (in the absence of a Starbucks or MacDonalds, both of which count as public loos in my opinion)

ED Warehouse indoor market (on the left side of the ground floor about half way down)

Sainsburys

[the-e-dealer]

Toilets also on Peckham Rye park.

[Loz]

The Minkey Wrote:

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> "Crown House NHO, 41-43 East Dulwich Road, SE22

> 9BY, Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm

> Dulwich Library, 368 Lordship Lane, SE22 8NB,

> Monday, Thursday and Friday 9am to 8pm; Tuesday

> 10am to 8pm; Saturday 9am to 5pm; Sunday 12pm to

> 4pm (toilets are usually locked but ask for the

> key at the desk)

> Kingswood Library, Kingswood House, Seeley Drive,

> SE21 8QR, Monday to Thursday 9am to 5pm

> Dulwich Park Rangers Officer, Dulwich Park,

> College Gate Road, SE21 7BQ, Every day, dawn to

> dusk

> Rear of pavillion cafe, Dulwich Park, College Gate

> Road, SE21 7BQ, Every day, dawn to dusk

> Cycle hire block, Dulwich Park, College Gate Road,

> SE21 7BQ, Every day, dawn to dusk"

>

> God forbid you need a pee outside those hours.

After that, it's...

Palm Tree, Goose Green Roundabout