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ibtg wrote:Did there not used to be underground loos at Finnieston Street (on the 'island' in front of PC World)
Mori wrote:http://www.nordarchitecture.com/publicconv.html#
Kelvingrove Park Public Convenience
The existing public toilets are built into an embankment at the periphery of Kelvingrove Park, one of Glasgow’s finest Victorian green spaces. On the street side the toilets face onto Woodlands, a large residential area of the city where tenant occupied flatted housing exceeds owner occupied dwellings. To service this area it is proposed that a communal facility is introduced in the form of a laundry or ‘Steamie’ as they were called historically in Glasgow. Before launderettes and washing machines were widespread, Glasgow’s housewives met up at the ‘Steamie’ to wash the family laundry and exchange gossip; they were places of communal activity and vibrant social interaction.
motman wrote:Whit????? A STEAMIE nowadays This has got to be a spoof site. Ah'm looking behind me as I type for a candid camera.
I somehow cannae see that nostaligic atmosphere being recreated in the go-getting naughties.
russ wrote:A friend of mine had proposed the transformation of the public toilets just off Glasford Street into a photographic gallery to the council.....He had the first exhibit all sorted out he knew the last two attendants for the Woman and the Mens toilets. They met on the job and were married and worked there until there retirement. He was going to photograph them and tell their story. .....
Raddled_Old_Queen wrote:russ wrote:A friend of mine had proposed the transformation of the public toilets just off Glasford Street into a photographic gallery to the council.....He had the first exhibit all sorted out he knew the last two attendants for the Woman and the Mens toilets. They met on the job and were married and worked there until there retirement. He was going to photograph them and tell their story. .....
The ubiquitous Mr & Mrs Ploppy no doubt.
Avenger wrote:There was one at Queens Cross, the junction of Maryhill Road and Garscube Road across from the Rennie Mackintosh church, there was also one at Georges Cross, the end of Maryhill Road. I only recall seeing gents, were they all men only or were some for ladies?
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