LizzieM 9,497 Posted January 16, 2015 Report Share Posted January 16, 2015 Ok. It's not every day we have photos of toilets on Nottstalgia. http://www.nottinghampost.com/pictures/swankiest-public-toilets-Nottingham/pictures-25862585-detail/pictures.html I wonder how long those nice green tub chairs will remain in there before someone walks out with them. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Caroline 23 Posted March 19, 2016 Report Share Posted March 19, 2016 They stank. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted March 19, 2016 Report Share Posted March 19, 2016 You needed wellies in most. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BryanC 16 Posted March 19, 2016 Report Share Posted March 19, 2016 I'm surprised nobody has yet mentioned the palace of Victorian plumbing, ceramic and glass which served the Embankment and lost when the Town Arms AKA The Riverbank extended. I seem to remember long rows of polished brass and white porcelain. Outside was an important bus stop and waiting area where the trolley bus turned round to go back into Nottingham. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted March 19, 2016 Report Share Posted March 19, 2016 I used that "facility" many times BryanC when I was driving buses & that was the 43 terminus. Those toilets HAVE featured on Nottstalgia in the past too ! . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted March 20, 2016 Report Share Posted March 20, 2016 The Arboretum was that bad for flashers and touchers, one time my Mother took me into the ladies loo,she had taken a Bonomint- I being a pest climbed up on the seat to nose into the cystern...consequently my plastic sandles got filled!! Crying with one leg in the sink, my Mum let rip at the park keeper. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,089 Posted March 20, 2016 Report Share Posted March 20, 2016 There used to be a superb gentlemens' toilet in The Victoria Club when it was a fine dining restaurant and casino. (I'm talking back in the 70's). When you had finished washing your hands there was a flunkey standing behind to hand you a towel! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted March 20, 2016 Report Share Posted March 20, 2016 Another almost forgotten topic within a topic is Lavatory Attendants as they were called, later Toilet Attendants, men for the men's & women for the women's. This job was given by the council to (usually) slightly disabled folk to keep them in employment, but as time went by & councils just believed in cuts they became a dying breed. The embankment toilets mentioned were kept spotlessly clean & tidy, the brasswork was immaculately kept, a wash & brush-up service was also available for a small charge too. A small bar of soap, a clean towell & a nice clean sink with hot & cold water on tap was provided. This wash & brush-up facility was later withdrawn & replaced by "baby changing" facilities instead. This have been the start of the "think of the children" culture where nothing else mattered anymore. Sadly those attendants are rapidly declining & can only think of one attendant at the Bullwell toilets & one in town on King Street. Also noticed apart from mass closure of public loos, even the one in Bullwell Bus Station is locked at 6pm every night, NCC must think the public don't need loos after that time, I'm glad i'm not a bus driver anymore Vandals are the biggest scourge of all time, public facilities being withdrawn due the wanton destruction of public property. We need a real no nonsense approach to crime, until we get it we are stuffed. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted March 20, 2016 Report Share Posted March 20, 2016 My Brothers and myself availed of the wash n brush up,if we went home filthy..we were for it!..no fish supper from Angeloes Queens fish Bar or listen to The Play For Today. The one under Theatre Royal was 10p. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted March 20, 2016 Report Share Posted March 20, 2016 The ones I remember with an attendant were those in the Market Square. And I think they had some kind of turnstile or gate, if you wanted to go in to the other section to spend a penny. I don't suppose Picture the Past will come up with anything relevant. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted February 3, 2018 Report Share Posted February 3, 2018 The toilets in Bulwell bus station were open 24 hours with an attendant 8 - 5, not any more loos locked now at 5pm, don't the public including bus drivers need a loo after 5pm anymore ? Not all closures are due to homosexual activity or vandalism etc, just this incompetent council trying to save money. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted February 4, 2018 Report Share Posted February 4, 2018 Bulwell ? you can always use spoons Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted February 4, 2018 Report Share Posted February 4, 2018 Thankfully, the bridge over Parliament St has been closed since last year. Thank Goodness I don't have to endure that route anymore. I always used to keep my hands in my pockets, and try not to touch anything on my way up or down the steps. Truly disgusting ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted February 5, 2018 Report Share Posted February 5, 2018 9 hours ago, Bubblewrap said: Bulwell ? you can always use spoons Not before 8am you can..t Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted February 5, 2018 Report Share Posted February 5, 2018 1 hour ago, catfan said: Not before 8am you can..t Also NCT employees in uniform strictly forbidden to enter licensed premises for any reason. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,089 Posted February 5, 2018 Report Share Posted February 5, 2018 An organised mass “wee-in” in the Old Market Square might attract the Council’s attention. They couldn’t lock everyone up! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonab 1,644 Posted February 5, 2018 Report Share Posted February 5, 2018 Wouldn't the wee-in be better just a little further on - at the doors of the Council House. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,089 Posted February 5, 2018 Report Share Posted February 5, 2018 You’d be up against it there! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted February 5, 2018 Report Share Posted February 5, 2018 Remember these ? Now this. Male & Female toilets replaced by this. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,534 Posted February 5, 2018 Report Share Posted February 5, 2018 I used to live a couple of streets down from them,they had an attendant who polished all the brasswork and there was highly glazed brown tiles on the walls, also remember the big brass boxes on the cubicle doors where you put your penny and turned a polished brass knob to open the door Rog 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted March 20, 2019 Report Share Posted March 20, 2019 House of Fraser bogs, now some academic high flyer, hand under the door with bleddy camera at The Gym in Trinity Square ......... not safe anywhere! https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/nottingham-news/gym-user-admits-filming-men-2665076 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,267 Posted April 3, 2022 Report Share Posted April 3, 2022 When I was a child, there were public toilets next to Hyson Green library and mum often nipped in there if she was caught short while out shopping. Mum didn't like using public loos but the place was as clean as a whistle with gleaming brass work and sparkling tiles. A lady attendant in a white coat provided soap and steaming hot water for washing hands after using the loo. The cost was 1d but well worth it. There was never any unpleasant smell or mess. Access to the gents was straight off the pavement via a wooden door. Whilst walking down Gregory Boulevard on Streetview, I discovered that the buildings are still there. If you look closely, you can still see where the GENTS sign was once affixed. Ladies walked through an archway and turned left into a building that stood at right angles to the road. The archway is now closed off by wooden doors. Presumably, these buildings are still used for some purpose but I've no idea what it might be. I was astounded to see they still existed at all. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted April 4, 2022 Report Share Posted April 4, 2022 11 hours ago, Jill Sparrow said: Access to the gents was straight off the pavement via a wooden door. Whilst walking down Gregory Boulevard on Streetview, I discovered that the buildings are still there. If you look closely, you can still see where the GENTS sign was once affixed. I think I've found it........ https://goo.gl/maps/VUVraq7CmD8wr3YG7 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,267 Posted April 4, 2022 Report Share Posted April 4, 2022 That's it, CT. Someone went to quite a lot of trouble, given the finial on the roof. I wonder what it's used for now? Light was admitted by means of a row of windows in the stepped roof. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stuart.C 483 Posted April 4, 2022 Report Share Posted April 4, 2022 Here's the roof light windows, Jill. The building facing the yard on the end of the Library looks like it was / is a house, or 2, so was probably the head librarians house, like there was in Arnold for Mr. Negus. https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.9657564,-1.1700963,69a,35y,106.57h,39.19t/data=!3m1!1e3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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