Cheddar Cottage Tales: Victorian Outside Toilets
THEN Back in the 1960’s up until the late 70’s terrace council houses in the North of England still had primitive outdoor toilets/privy. No lighting so at night so you either took a torch (flashlight) , a candle or an oil lamp. I attended primary school 1960's, Bogrow. which was built during the Victorian era , and yes we were still using inkwells that first year until the Americans rescued us from such primitive writing appliances and supplied our school with biro pens. Alas they couldn’t save us from the trauma of the outdoor toilets which were horrendous. A long row of toilets with no lighting, a narrow corridor to each dirty stall, and the dreaded Izal medicated toilet paper . One never left that toilet without some residue being attached to your skirt, socks or shoes. My first act of rebellion in life was at age 6 when one day I refused to use it and my mother was called to the school. She challenged the teacher to use it and the teacher r...
