The infamous car park bogs
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The infamous car park bogs
Who remembers the car park bogs ?
Now sadly departed (covered in Portakabins the last time I was there) ?
It always amazed me they were ever built - out door loos, no doors.
Did anyone ever use them for anything other than smoking ?
I can't believe anyone ever did a number two in one !
The only useful thing I ever got from them was a (probably highly contagious) bacterial sample that I grew on agar jelly as part of a biology project. This probably rated as one of the most unwttingly stupid things I have ever done with micro-organisms, second only to having Anthrax fights (I kid you not) in post pub biology practicals at University.
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Now sadly departed (covered in Portakabins the last time I was there) ?
It always amazed me they were ever built - out door loos, no doors.
Did anyone ever use them for anything other than smoking ?
I can't believe anyone ever did a number two in one !
The only useful thing I ever got from them was a (probably highly contagious) bacterial sample that I grew on agar jelly as part of a biology project. This probably rated as one of the most unwttingly stupid things I have ever done with micro-organisms, second only to having Anthrax fights (I kid you not) in post pub biology practicals at University.
The joys of youth.
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I remember them well and only once experienced a no.2 there. Pure desperation mind.
The best thing that I can remember was carrying out my fire service training for my Duke of Edinburgh medal in the car park. We had to run out a fire hose and then connect it to the fire hydrant.
The best part was then turning the water on and directing it into the bogs. It was probably the best cleaning they ever had. Its hard to imagine the actual flow of water. We also tried to clean a car there as well but thought it prudent to stop when the sheer volume of water was causing the roof to buckle (it did go back honest)
The best thing that I can remember was carrying out my fire service training for my Duke of Edinburgh medal in the car park. We had to run out a fire hose and then connect it to the fire hydrant.
The best part was then turning the water on and directing it into the bogs. It was probably the best cleaning they ever had. Its hard to imagine the actual flow of water. We also tried to clean a car there as well but thought it prudent to stop when the sheer volume of water was causing the roof to buckle (it did go back honest)
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Imagine what they were like by the '70s, then!J.R. wrote:Only people caught short would ever use them in the 50's and 60's.
They stank to high heavan !
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even then you kept 100 yards upwind at all times! Lagos and Accra open sewers were fragrant by comparison.J.R. wrote:Only people caught short would ever use them in the 50's and 60's.
They stank to high heavan !
Given that nobody would go near them I cannot understand how they could be caused to smell like that.
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Re: The infamous car park bogs
It was called 'The Pagoda' in my day... did that name carry on to the end?Paul N wrote:Who remembers the car park bogs ?
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