Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Have your say on public toilet provision in London
The London Assembly is investigating the provision of public toilets.
Your responses will be included in a report, which will make recommendations about the number of public toilets in our city.
You can find the survey here (responses do not require you to give personal information).
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Permalink Reply by AndrewAW1 on
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This seems like appropriate timing. Pretty much every day I see someone having a pee up against the locked toilets wall at the tube.
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Permalink Reply by Maddy on
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In Covent Garden market the other day there was a long queue for the toilets (not surprising given all the restaurants and cafes) and they were charging £1!! I went to the nearby ones behind the church, which are 50p. Meanwhile the Corporation of London is apparently consulting on whether to charge for toilets on Hampstead Heath...
On the positive side, all the main stations now have free toilets.
In Japan, there are decent public toilets every few hundred yards, and no-on pees in the street!
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Japan is a homogeneous society with shared values and cultural expectations.
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Brian Mahoney, are you suggesting that more heterogeneous societies don't need to piss?
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Permalink Reply by Michael Anderson on
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Since having pelvic radiotherapy last year I have to plan in advance when I go out. Hunting down toilets on Google maps rather takes the spontaneity away from a day out and somewhere without a loo I can nip into has become a no go area - quite literally. One of the most frustrating is Turnpike Lane bus station loo. It appears in good repair yet opens it doors seemingly at random times.
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Permalink Reply by Bob Ruggles on
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Most key stores. Sell Radar keys for Disabled toilets ,
But there is issues about local Authority toilets
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Permalink Reply by Straw Cat on
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It was during the 80's that it was decided that since there was no such thing as Society, it didn't need public places to piss. All round Haringey our public conveniences ("public" having become a proscribed term) were closed and flogged off. You can see their ghosts besides the entrances to public parks (which still miraculously survive).
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I remember the one at Manor House - now converted to a cafe - used to have a sign outside saying it was permanently closed and that 'The nearest convenience is at Stamford Hill', which at almost a mile away is not very 'convenient'!!
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Pleased to see this here as it reflects the hard work done by several campaigning groups and individuals. I compiled a list of toilets open during lockdown and it brought out so many views of older people, who, it's been shown, reduce what would be helpful exercise because of the shortage of toilets. And the state of some of them..... so do do the survey if you can!
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Permalink Reply by John Leeming on
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I think that availability of public toilets is an indication of the degree of civilisation of a country.
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I don't disagree but in many countries considering themselves civilised provision is very poor, including France and Italy.
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True but almost every street has a cafe open from first thing in the morning to last thing at night.
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