johnnychips
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Following on from the ‘Things that used to be commonplace in the home’ thread, shall we continue with the nostalgia? This was inspired by this quote:
and I remember there used to be a lot of public Gents urinals, which were little more than a wall, with a bit of a curved entrance so people couldn’t see inside, and a drain. They usually - not surprisingly - stunk of stale urine, but were very convenient, as it were. The last example I can remember using was at Hawes, maybe twenty years ago, though this was ingeniously somehow built inside a wall.
Yellow sodium lamps with a sort of ‘box’ for the electrics at the bottom.
Dustmen and coalmen actually carrying metal bins and sacks on their backs.
I’m sure you’ll be able to think of many more things that were common outside that we hardly see any more. They could be structures, people, anything you think interesting. And a Happy New Year.
Edit: I found a picture
Ah, the pissoir. Something that used to provide a whiff of old France, although that wasn’t the only thing it provided a whiff off.
and I remember there used to be a lot of public Gents urinals, which were little more than a wall, with a bit of a curved entrance so people couldn’t see inside, and a drain. They usually - not surprisingly - stunk of stale urine, but were very convenient, as it were. The last example I can remember using was at Hawes, maybe twenty years ago, though this was ingeniously somehow built inside a wall.
Yellow sodium lamps with a sort of ‘box’ for the electrics at the bottom.
Dustmen and coalmen actually carrying metal bins and sacks on their backs.
I’m sure you’ll be able to think of many more things that were common outside that we hardly see any more. They could be structures, people, anything you think interesting. And a Happy New Year.
Edit: I found a picture
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