The old car-park bogs
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The old car-park bogs
Do older members recall the bogs in the car-park behind the Art School?
When I first came accross these as a squit, I was horrified by the lack of doors on the khazis. The whole thing was open to the elements, and each cubicle contained a roll of old-style hard bog-paper flapping in the wind, almost daring anyone to risk using the'facilities'.
Personally, whenever I needed to attend to the lower end of the digestive system, I used to scuttle back to my own house.
Did anyone actually risk taking a dump in these monstrosities? And what exactly was the thinking behind the lack of doors? Was it some Victorian-style attempt to stamp out self-abuse? Was it to discourage any potential naughtiness between pupils? I remember the lav-end doors were equally doorless......
When I first came accross these as a squit, I was horrified by the lack of doors on the khazis. The whole thing was open to the elements, and each cubicle contained a roll of old-style hard bog-paper flapping in the wind, almost daring anyone to risk using the'facilities'.
Personally, whenever I needed to attend to the lower end of the digestive system, I used to scuttle back to my own house.
Did anyone actually risk taking a dump in these monstrosities? And what exactly was the thinking behind the lack of doors? Was it some Victorian-style attempt to stamp out self-abuse? Was it to discourage any potential naughtiness between pupils? I remember the lav-end doors were equally doorless......
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Yes they were pretty disgusting. They only seemed to be cleaned for days when there would be lots of visitors around: Parents Day, Speech Day etc.
You obviously never ventured into the ladies side ! They had doors and were much cleaner - very sexist ! In those days the ladies were hardly ever frequented so it wasn't a problem to use them if you got caught short whilst in the library or just needed an excuse to skive out of a science lesson.
You obviously never ventured into the ladies side ! They had doors and were much cleaner - very sexist ! In those days the ladies were hardly ever frequented so it wasn't a problem to use them if you got caught short whilst in the library or just needed an excuse to skive out of a science lesson.
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It is still there...ben ashton wrote:Is Grange Hill still there or has it fallen down yet? It must be full of chair/foot/etc shaped holes by now.
How long is it meant to last?
Ryan Pickett and myself had a wager that it would still be there in 10 years time - so far it's stood for 5...
I have only been in there once but it is a dive...
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As it was a replacement for Prep Block while the boarding houses are being 'renovated' it could be there (judging by the current speed of things)for decades!
Whats the plan for prep block afterwards? If it's left as accomodation CH could have another 50ish pupils ie. more money...
Whats the plan for prep block afterwards? If it's left as accomodation CH could have another 50ish pupils ie. more money...
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Well, it's back to the wonderful 'masterplan' again. When the boarding houses started to be renovates, they 'converted' the prep block behind the back of Leigh Hunt into a 'decant' boarding house. They needed the classrooms to go somewhere - so they demolished the art school bogs (interestingly Grade II listed so i wonder how they got permission) and replaced it with a temporary portakabin monstrosity full of classrooms.Richard Ruck wrote:What's this 'Grange Hill' thing all about?
When the decant was finished, the prep block was to have been converted into teacher accomodation and new classrooms would have been built near the music school.... What will happen now is anyone's guess...
And JR - I have no scanner so i can't help you much....
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About as believable as pupils being expected to empty their lower colons in doorless khazis open to the elements.....!J.R. wrote:A load of child-star actors poncing about in a secondary school where they keep a donkey in the caretakers shed, Richard.Richard Ruck wrote:What's this 'Grange Hill' thing all about?
About as believable as Father Christmas.
(Oh, the irony, J.R. !!)
Which reminds me, it would still be interesting to hear of anyone knows the'official' reasoning behind the lack of doors.
My personal theory is that it was intended to discourage self-abuse, but that still doesn't really explain the lack of doors on the lav-end bogs.
I mean, who is going to get OUT of bed for a Barclays?
Perhaps it's more prosaic - some Edwardian 'Master-Plan' which ran out of dosh before the doors could be ordered.
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