We were expecting to close this blog on 6th May 2010, along with the election, but, since the election hasn't ended yet, neither will the blog. May as well add a few points!
So glad you found your way here. The first comment ever on this blog!
Some do. I think most don't.
Many public loos are being closed around the country because the money is not there for their upkeep. I heard of a report which said this is making many elderly people reluctant to go out for a walk in case they are 'caught short'. This can have quite big knock-on effect on their health and place in society. This solution would help sort the problem. (As well as being handy for the rest of us too!)
It is the way we all think as women about the practical things, I am so pleased you brought up the loo question. Why on earth are they closing everywhere.
People get cross legged and frantic with the pain of hanging on to their bladders. The local loos are a disgrace, especially the one up at Portland Bill!
I feel a rant coming on, sorry.
Public places like libraries ought to have loos if they are open everyday, unlike ours which is only open for 10 hrs aweek.
I expect politicians would take a peep at your blog for a bit of a brainstorm if they knew you were open for business.
I will look in again, night night. Hope you are getting better.
Thanks for coming over to take a look at the blog.
Public loos must be expensive to maintain and, as you say, many of them are pretty disgusting. One might have expected those at Portland Bill to be really top quality and treated as an essential asset of the local economy. Tourism is, after all, an industry. The ones at Lulworth are large (for coach parties presumably) but pretty horrible on the occasions I've been there. In both places, I expect people go to the ones in the nearby cafes.
And here's the parallel - a loo which is part of something else can be maintained much better than one which is sort of free-standing - so include them in public libraries!
And as for library opening times - if libraries can't be open all day, every day . . . there should be an easily remembered pattern to the hours. Opening times for smaller libraries should be linked to things happening immediately around them: the beginnings and ends of school days, shop opening hours, doctors' surgery times. Borrowing or returning books can then be part of a package of activities instead of what happens in some places now - parents deliver children to school, do their shopping, the doctors are holding morning surgery, there are lots of people around - the library is closed. Everyone goes home - the library opens. Brilliant!
On Twitter, someone said their library has a cafe - . . .
I actually found the loos on Portland better than the ones in Weymouth. Think of the thousands of people in Weymouth needing one. :( Portland is so unspoilt; fewer people, fewer wees! :) Sorry, back to the subject - loos in libraries. Well, my local library has started to serve coffee - a machine I suppose, so perhaps a loo is called for. But then eu regulations requires hand washing facilities, and I expect baby changing facilities, disabled toilet facilities. So thanks to the eu, this becomes rather expensive. Years ago, people went to their library to read, but nowadays they pop in & grab a book and pop out again. Do they really need a pee in that short time? As a mere male I cannot speak from the 'ladies call of nature' point of view, but here in Bucks we have coffee lounges springing up all over the place to replace all the pubs that are closing down. Now these provide lovely loos. (so I'm told). I'm afraid I'm UKIP supporter and have volunteered to help in Buckingham as a loudspeaker van driver! Regards....Bernard
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You mean they don't?
Hello Monica.
So glad you found your way here. The first comment ever on this blog!
Some do. I think most don't.
Many public loos are being closed around the country because the money is not there for their upkeep. I heard of a report which said this is making many elderly people reluctant to go out for a walk in case they are 'caught short'. This can have quite big knock-on effect on their health and place in society. This solution would help sort the problem. (As well as being handy for the rest of us too!)
It is the way we all think as women about the practical things, I am so pleased you brought up the loo question. Why on earth are they closing everywhere.
People get cross legged and frantic with the pain of hanging on to their bladders. The local loos are a disgrace, especially the one up at Portland Bill!
I feel a rant coming on, sorry.
Public places like libraries ought to have loos if they are open everyday, unlike ours which is only open for 10 hrs aweek.
I expect politicians would take a peep at your blog for a bit of a brainstorm if they knew you were open for business.
I will look in again, night night. Hope you are getting better.
Hello True Belle.
Thanks for coming over to take a look at the blog.
Public loos must be expensive to maintain and, as you say, many of them are pretty disgusting. One might have expected those at Portland Bill to be really top quality and treated as an essential asset of the local economy. Tourism is, after all, an industry. The ones at Lulworth are large (for coach parties presumably) but pretty horrible on the occasions I've been there. In both places, I expect people go to the ones in the nearby cafes.
And here's the parallel - a loo which is part of something else can be maintained much better than one which is sort of free-standing - so include them in public libraries!
And as for library opening times - if libraries can't be open all day, every day . . . there should be an easily remembered pattern to the hours. Opening times for smaller libraries should be linked to things happening immediately around them: the beginnings and ends of school days, shop opening hours, doctors' surgery times. Borrowing or returning books can then be part of a package of activities instead of what happens in some places now - parents deliver children to school, do their shopping, the doctors are holding morning surgery, there are lots of people around - the library is closed. Everyone goes home - the library opens. Brilliant!
On Twitter, someone said their library has a cafe - . . .
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I actually found the loos on Portland better than the ones in Weymouth. Think of the thousands of people in Weymouth needing one. :(
Portland is so unspoilt; fewer people, fewer wees! :)
Sorry, back to the subject - loos in libraries. Well, my local library has started to serve coffee - a machine I suppose, so perhaps a loo is called for. But then eu regulations requires hand washing facilities, and I expect baby changing facilities, disabled toilet facilities. So thanks to the eu, this becomes rather expensive.
Years ago, people went to their library to read, but nowadays they pop in & grab a book and pop out again. Do they really need a pee in that short time? As a mere male I cannot speak from the 'ladies call of nature' point of view, but here in Bucks we have coffee lounges springing up all over the place to replace all the pubs that are closing down. Now these provide lovely loos. (so I'm told).
I'm afraid I'm UKIP supporter and have volunteered to help in Buckingham as a loudspeaker van driver!
Regards....Bernard
The public library in Pretoria had a cafe. Hopefully it still does, though I have not been there for a long time. :)
I thought that it was very civilised indeed.
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