Showing posts with label Public lavatories of Manchester and Salford. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Public lavatories of Manchester and Salford. Show all posts
Friday, 19 November 2021

When you can no longer spend a penny …….

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Now I understand why over the last two decades, public lavatories have vanished from our streets and squares. 2014 Faced with enormous press...
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Monday, 17 August 2020

Down in Didsbury and away in Birmingham with the humble public lavatory

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Now it has been some time since I pondered on the lost public lavatories of Britain. Birmingham, 1983 And I can see that for some the...
Friday, 13 March 2020

Another one of the lost public lavatories

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Now it was Andy Robertsons who suggested the idea of a bog for the blog and contributed two fine late 20th century public lavatories. S...
Sunday, 9 February 2020

The lost lavatories …………… Manchester and beyond

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Today I was reminded of a short but sad series on the blog reflecting on the demise of our Corporation public lavatories.* Albert Squa...
Monday, 22 December 2014

On the trail of more closed public lavatories

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Burton Road I am not sure what has surprised me most about the clutch of stories on our closed public lavatories. Firstly it is the s...
Friday, 7 November 2014

At Stretford with Andy Robertson and a little bit more of our lost public history

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So even the ugliest looking of public lavatories will fall victim to economies. I have to confess I never even knew these ones existed ...
Tuesday, 4 November 2014

Another two buildings closed and empty in south Manchester

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Now compared to those impressive Victorian and Edwardian public lavatories these two are ugly buildings which even function cannot bestow a...
Wednesday, 29 October 2014

Recording the passing of our great public lavatories .......... nu 1 down by Southern Cemetery

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Now I doubt I am alone in mourning the loss of so many of our Victorian and Edwardian public lavatories. They ranged from the sumptuous...