Difficult on an outward opening one. A bolt or hook on the inside, more like.
Outside toilet!
Jul 09, 2005
32 Replies
Yes, I remember a house (flats?) where ther was a row of about 5 outside facilities each with it's own lock. Fine if you werent caught short, and couldnt find thekey.
Put the word "privies" into Amazon's search engine.
MBQ
That type of candleholder is called a chamberstick. Honestly.
Mary
You kept the key on a hook behind the door into the street. Everyone did. We weren't daft!
Mary
I was trying to think of the name, I couldn't remember it.
Why would anyone doubt that?
They might have thought I was making it up to match the subject of the thread.
Mary
there's an untouched one next door to our house. it might even be an original 1905 installation. it's certainly pre war, possibly 1st
RT
Mary
well, obviously, someone touched it, prolly with their bum.
the old lady who lived in the house went mad and had to be carted off. she had an indoor bathroom but continued to use the outside lav, for convenience, probably. there's 4 or 5 outdoor loos in the houses either side of us, all with recently deceased owners who'd lived there for 60 odd years. in a row of 8 townhouses we're the only ones to convert the coal hole and outdoor lav into a utility room.
RT
methinks shes had practice ;)
NT
I've been the subject of observation -when it mattered to me :-(
Mary
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