Toilets

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" background="005fd5a3.jpg"> <div> <B>  </B><B> </B><FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial Rounded MT Bold" ><B>www.derelictlondon.com</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B><IMG SRC="02c5d430.jpg" border=0 width="93" height="67" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=50 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" background="006d2b03.jpg"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#C0C0C0" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <div> <B>Toilets</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1982.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Derelict London Book"><U><IMG SRC="2bc99f860.jpg" border=0 width="159" height="134" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1049.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="London Toilets"><U><IMG SRC="1375a2eb0.jpg" border=0 width="162" height="491" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <B>Old  Station toilet signs now preserved at LT Depot, Acton</B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2292864c0.jpg" border=0 width="390" height="332" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Bow</B></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="636" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 295 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id1049.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="London Toilets"><U><I><IMG SRC="138b7d1e0.jpg" border=0 width="381" height="286" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="239"><div> <B>Clerkenwell Green</B></div> <bR> <div> The proposed development of these disused public underground</div> <div> toilets on this historic green have been the subject of much outrage among residents and local traders.</div> <div> The Council have scrapped plans</div> <div> due to public pressure despite planning interest from 19 companies.</div> <bR> <div> This area attracts a better class of wino.......</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 71 WIDTH="628"><div> <I>The Green has been visited by generations of political dissenters from the Wat Tyler to Lenin. In 1842, the Prime Minister Robert Peel banned public meetings from taking place here. In 1890, the world's 1st ever May Day march left from here.The Green was  described by poet Sir John </I></div> <div> <I>Betjeman as "a remarkable haven of peace amid the roar of public transport and heavy lorries". </I></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="620" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 301 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id199.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><IMG SRC="1c6cc2140.jpg" border=0 width="194" height="276" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A> <A HREF="id199.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><IMG SRC="1d4cce120.jpg" border=0 width="206" height="274" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <B>Gipsy Hill</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div>    <A HREF="id199.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><IMG SRC="1d4aba130.jpg" border=0 width="186" height="275" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <B>          </B><I><B>(off)</B></I><B> </B><B>Portobello Road</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="633" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 201 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id199.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><I><IMG SRC="1381cdaf0.jpg" border=0 width="205" height="175" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></div> <div> <B>Acton</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id200.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="essex road toilet"><U><I><IMG SRC="1383d1a90.jpg" border=0 width="209" height="169" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A><A HREF="id200.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="essex road toilet"><U><I>  <IMG SRC="1384bbad0.jpg" border=0 width="187" height="173" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></div> <div> <B>Essex Rd,Islington    </B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 260 WIDTH="213"><div> <A HREF="id1051.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="1387d4b10.jpg" border=0 width="212" height="177" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Shepherds Bush</B></div> <div> where Wilfred Brambell (Albert Steptoe) was allegedly  nicked for trying to entice boys </div> <bR> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id1051.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="1386d1b40.jpg" border=0 width="209" height="180" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Twickenham</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id1051.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="1385bdb30.jpg" border=0 width="189" height="179" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Smithfield</B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> old market  toilets </div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 308 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id1055.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="138ad3fa0.jpg" border=0 width="211" height="250" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Lambeth</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="213"><div> <A HREF="id1055.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="1389d1fa0.jpg" border=0 width="209" height="250" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>St Pancras</B></div> <div> inside the disused Midland Grand Hotel</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id1055.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><I><IMG SRC="1388bdf50.jpg" border=0 width="189" height="245" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></div> <div> <B>Camden</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 266 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id1142.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><I><IMG SRC="14c0d1ec0.jpg" border=0 width="209" height="236" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></div> <div> <B>Camden    </B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id1142.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><I><B><IMG SRC="14c1d1ef0.jpg" border=0 width="209" height="239" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></U></A></div> <div> <B>Kentish Town</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id1142.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><I><B><IMG SRC="14c2bbf00.jpg" border=0 width="187" height="240" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></U></A></div> <div> <B>  Brockley</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 232 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id1144.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="14c4d3d00.jpg" border=0 width="211" height="208" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Shoreditch</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id1144.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="14c6d5cd0.jpg" border=0 width="213" height="205" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>London Fields</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id1144.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><I><B><IMG SRC="14cabbca0.jpg" border=0 width="187" height="202" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></U></A></div> <div> <B>London Fields</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 214 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id1148.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="14ccd4be0.jpg" border=0 width="212" height="190" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Old Street</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>   </B><A HREF="id1148.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="14d28bba0.jpg" border=0 width="139" height="186" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Old Street</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id1148.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><I><B><IMG SRC="14d0bcb80.jpg" border=0 width="188" height="184" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></U></A></div> <div> <B>Old Street</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 226 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id1143.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><I><B><IMG SRC="1516cec80.jpg" border=0 width="206" height="200" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></U></A></div> <div> <B>Neasden</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id1143.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="1518cbc50.jpg" border=0 width="203" height="197" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Grays Inn</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id1143.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><I><B><IMG SRC="151ab5c70.jpg" border=0 width="181" height="199" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></U></A></div> <div> <B>Old Street</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 274 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id1159.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="oldStToilet"><U><B><IMG SRC="1b76d2f80.jpg" border=0 width="210" height="248" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Borough</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id1159.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="oldStToilet"><U><B><IMG SRC="1b75d2fa0.jpg" border=0 width="210" height="250" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Deptford</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id1159.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="oldStToilet"><U><I><B><IMG SRC="1b78bff80.jpg" border=0 width="191" height="248" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></U></A></div> <div> <B>Streatham</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 177 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id1290.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="18c8d1970.jpg" border=0 width="209" height="151" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Eltham</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id1290.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="18cbd5970.jpg" border=0 width="213" height="151" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Shooters Hill</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id1290.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><I><B><IMG SRC="1aeeb78b0.jpg" border=0 width="183" height="139" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></U></A></div> <div> <B>Rotherhithe</B></div> <div> <I><B>courtesy of: Andy Macqueen</B></I></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <I> </I></div> <div> <A HREF="id1155.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><I><IMG SRC="1510d0bb0.jpg" border=0 width="208" height="187" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A><I> </I><A HREF="id1155.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><I><IMG SRC="150ce6bb0.jpg" border=0 width="230" height="187" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A><I> </I><A HREF="id1155.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><I><IMG SRC="150ebdbb0.jpg" border=0 width="189" height="187" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A><I> </I></div> <div> <I> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="626" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 259 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id1155.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><I><IMG SRC="1515c7fa0.jpg" border=0 width="199" height="250" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="416"><div> <B>Millwall</B></div> <bR> <div> This "amazing find" of a derelict public toilet was in May 2004</div> <div> in a park overlooked by the concrete & glass structures of Canary Wharf. I was disappointed not to see any rats.....</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 253 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id1050.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><I><B><IMG SRC="1c81c7e70.jpg" border=0 width="199" height="231" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></U></A></div> <div> <B>South Clapham</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id1050.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="1c839ce70.jpg" border=0 width="412" height="231" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Clapham Common</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></I></div> <div> <I> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="624" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 253 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id1050.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="1e801fd70.jpg" border=0 width="287" height="215" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Loughborough Junction</B></div> <div> remains of urinals at back of derelict pub</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id1050.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="1e833cd50.jpg" border=0 width="316" height="213" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Brixton</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 231 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id1052.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><IMG SRC="1e851ed00.jpg" border=0 width="286" height="208" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <B>Brentford</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id1052.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><IMG SRC="1e8740ce0.jpg" border=0 width="320" height="206" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <B>Notting Hill Tube</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 404 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id1814.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="227d1d7d0.jpg" border=0 width="285" height="381" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Poplar</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id1814.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="22843c7e0.jpg" border=0 width="316" height="382" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Bow</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 345 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id1815.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><IMG SRC="22811cbc0.jpg" border=0 width="284" height="188" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <B>Ilford</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="323"><div> <A HREF="id1815.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><IMG SRC="227f3fb90.jpg" border=0 width="319" height="185" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <B>Barnes</B></div> <div> Chris writes: <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>"</B></FONT>Brought back memories seeing this -I once rode over it very worriedly as an eleven year old or so, having just slammed my pubescent wedding tackle into the handlebar stem on my bicycle while riding on Barnes Common. I was pretty certain I was going to find various bit’s of my anatomy cut off before their prime! Happy to say everything was intact! – Well at least as intact as before :=))"</div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 238 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id1818.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><IMG SRC="232a23d70.jpg" border=0 width="291" height="215" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="232e3bd60.jpg" border=0 width="315" height="214" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <B>Putney Bridge</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 240 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id1052.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><I><B><IMG SRC="1f5220d80.jpg" border=0 width="288" height="216" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></U></A></div> <div> <B>Finchley</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id1820.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="249e3dda0.jpg" border=0 width="317" height="218" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>North Woolwich</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 432 WIDTH="616"><div> <I>   </I><A HREF="id1820.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><I><IMG SRC="26b10e7a0.jpg" border=0 width="270" height="378" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A><A HREF="id1820.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><I>     </I></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id1820.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><IMG SRC="26b4187a0.jpg" border=0 width="280" height="378" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <B>Morden</B></div> <div> These beauties were found inside some abandoned sports pavillion changing rooms - you can see more of the "facilities" in the MISC section.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 227 ><NOBR><div> <I><IMG SRC="265d1fcb0.jpg" border=0 width="287" height="203" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <B>Kentish Town</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="323"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="227" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="323" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></I></div> <bR> <div> <I> </I><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>                       </B></FONT></div> <div> <B>Nothing is sacred in the ever changing face (& high property prices) of London</B></div> <div> According to the British Toilet Association -- yes, a pro-toilet lobby group</div> <div>  -- a third of the lavatories run by city councils have closed in the last three years. </div> <div> There is now only one public toilet for every 10,000 people in England, they say.</div> <div> Some call it a fine example of urban regeneration.</div> <div> But others fear Britain's public toilets are an endangered species.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1057.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="18e4c8a50.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="165" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  </B><A HREF="id1057.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="18e5cca50.jpg" border=0 width="204" height="165" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B> </B><A HREF="id1057.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="18e7c2a50.jpg" border=0 width="194" height="165" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Kentish Town  - Beauty Studio             Shepherds Bush - Comedy Club          Spitalfields - Trendy bar</B></div> <bR> <div> London's first public lavatories were built over rivers; their output was enough to choke off the flow </div> <div> of the Fleet River, a tributary of the Thames. </div> <bR> <div> It was the Victorian engineer George Jennings who pioneered London's distinctive public conveniences </div> <div> -- tiled underground chambers marked by iron railings or arches at street level. </div> <bR> <div> Their introduction did not go unopposed, however. Playwright George Bernard Shaw, who was also a</div> <div>  local politician, sparked outrage among burghers in his north London ward when he campaigned for a</div> <div>  lavatory for the female workers of Camden Town.</div> <bR> <div> "Many public loos occupy prime sites; thanks to the property boom,</div> <div>  local councils have found themselves sitting on a valuable asset." <B>THE ECONOMIST 2002</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1060.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="turtle"><U><B><IMG SRC="14b4bcfa0.jpg" border=0 width="188" height="250" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Modern Style "trendy" toilet in Mornington Crescent</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1060.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="turtle"><U><B><IMG SRC="1d02bb3b0.jpg" border=0 width="187" height="315" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Not so trendy toilet backstage at Bull & Gate Kentish Town.</B></div> <div> <B>Imagine all the famous bands who have played there & used this toilet! </B></div> <div> <B>Manic Street Preachers? Coldplay?The Darkness?</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1281.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><IMG SRC="1886fabc0.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="188" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <B>London Fields</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1281.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="2286faba0.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="186" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Hampstead  </B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1154.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="152a38c90.jpg" border=0 width="312" height="201" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Hyde Park</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> (Taken by Derelict London visitor Alan Naz in 2002)</B></FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1154.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><B><IMG SRC="1606fac40.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="196" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Continuing with the toilet theme this is a pic of garage punk band </B><A HREF="http://www.damagedgoods.co.uk/armitageshanks/index.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.damagedgoods.co.uk/armitagesh"><U><B>Armitage Shanks</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="derelict_london_com.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Derelict London.com"><U><I><IMG SRC="3c896370.gif" border=0 width="150" height="55" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>