Off Topic Hull City Centre Public Realm Strategy
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Must be a few candidates on here for a horror film you would think? Save on make up 
Must be a few candidates on here for a horror film you would think? Save on make up
Well it was posted by Rover, stunt double for Mr Lugosi.Must be a few candidates on here for a horror film you would think? Save on make up
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Theres a real lack of public toilets these days
always annoys me
always annoys me
M&S at Kingswood have closed their Cafe and hence have closed the Toilets as they dont need to provide the facilities now .
Presume same at Anlaby .
Have to go to Next now ...can also by underwear there also .
There used to be quiet a few outdoor toilets .
Corner of Boulevard had some at hessle rd junction I think they where underground.
Calvert Lane I think nay have had some .
Scott Street had some and there was definitely some outdoor ones on the corner of Chapman/Cleveland street I remember using them on the way home if I spent my bus fare money .
My favourite was the pissoir at the end of Spring Bank West.
Walking home from Spiders it marked the halfway point and I was usually in need of a wazz by then.
Was that near where you could see the train sidings ?
Yes. By Botanic Gardens and where the old level crossing used to be.
Had a copper in a box in the middle of the road directing traffic.
Although not generally when you were walking home from Spiders.
It sounds like there's a business opportunity going begging there.
A cottage industry if you will.
Ye it was getting a bit George Michael wasn’t it
Most of the gents urinals were positioned near bus terminals, mainly the old trolley buses. There was also one near George Pub at the top of Walton Street but like the pub its now gone, same on Chanterlands Avenue near the railway bridge. Another one at the Anlaby Rd end of Walton Street, one on Cottingham Rd near the bus depot across road from Gardeners pub, and one on Beverley rd just before the Greenwood Avenue crossroads. All closed down and demolished to save money.
The one worth keeping if only as a tourist attraction is the gents under the King Billy Statue on Lowgate with the goldfish swimming in the tanks above the urinals. Remember the beautiful Victorian tiles and gleaming brasswork in there, all kept clean by the attendant, but like all the others it has been closed for years, there is a similar one on Baker Street ( closed) and one still in operation near The Minerva pub. The Black Horse pub in Whitby used to have a photograph of that one on their wall. It is still considered as a tourist attraction today!
Some older posters might recall an article on Hull's lost urinals in one of the early City fanzines?
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And ask for a key in most now and walk into a toilet dimly lit with blue ultra violet lights to deter you from shooting up...