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Pierhead Facility

A facility for the relief of desperate gentlemen - and others. Architects would do well to copy this light, airy, vandal proof approach to public convenience design
Picture added on 05 August 2007
Comments:
I bet the concrete was some absorbent so I can just imagine what it must have been like on a hot day!
Added by Beryl Simpson on 08 August 2007
Being the wrong sex to use these (and not brave enough to sneak a look when I thought no one was in them), I finally get to see what the cogs actually looked like inside!
Added by Alison Ritchie on 08 August 2007
Well used it was too and open 24 hours a day. It certainly was a miss when they demolished it.
Added by Bruce Moar on 08 August 2007
Ah, yes... the subtle aroma of sun-warmed wee filling the air, combined with diesel and smells from the beach - "good" memories of my childhood(!)
Added by Alison Ritchie on 10 August 2007
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