Save our Loos! Help UK Toilets
British Toilet Association Campaign, Better Loos For Britain
Have you ever been caught short and in need of a loo? Help the British Toilet Association campaign for better toilets across the country.
The mission of The British Toilet Association is to represent the interests and aspirations of '"away from home" toilet providers. The association covers far more than public toilets but hotels, restaurants, shops in fact all toilets intended for public use.
Some of the public toilets up and down the UK are in an awful state of repair, and others are in danger of being closed down. The association want to hear it all, good or bad, whether new toilets are being opened and those in danger of being closed down, or in bad repair.
According to reports one-third of public loos run by city councils have been closed down over the last three years. Another source states there is now one public toilet for every ten thousand people in England.
Vote for Public Toilets
Why should the public, when every one has to use the loo, put up with these sometimes disgusting and unhealthy visits. Now is the time to voice your complaints, in the words of Director Richard Chisnell “A society gets the toilets it will accept, and the time has come to stir things up and make a fuss.”
Everyone can help improve the state and availability of all public loos, the association need your help, your input can keep them abreast of the states of the loo's and help fight the cause should more closures be ahead.
You can vote for them too, each year they have awards in various categories to encourage toilet providers to do just that. Provide. But what is wanted is a provision worthy of their use, and not only for emergencies.
The BTA is not only campaigning for better toilets but also for more of them, especially for wheelchair users and those with special needs. They also want secure, attended toilets with extended opening hour and of course to curb the vandalism and their misuse.
Britain's First Public Toilet
Britain’s first public toilet was opened was opened in Victorian London in 1852, it wass opposite the Royal Courts of Justice and was opened to try and combat the smell and disease caused by the waiting public fouling in the street.
The Victorian Engineer George Jennings pioneered the distinctive public loos, marked by their iron railings or arches and descending to tiled underground chambers.Many today are found chained and padlocked while others have become flower stalls, cafes and art venues. In Manchester one has become a bar with D.J’s and live bands, but are there any loo's?
Toilet Museums
A former men’s loo in Great Malvern is now a 12-seat Theater of Small Convenience. The Guiness Book of Records holder as the smallest theater in the world. Surely its humble beginnings are more suited to its size.
To see a Victorian lavatory in all its original glory rather sadly requires requires a visit to the Museum of London, this is another instance of a toilet not in use, but at least it's not because of vandalism like so many others.
Contact
The British Toilet Association, P.O.Box 17, Winchester, SO23 9WL
Email: enquiries@britloos.co.uk
