So. Whatever Happened To Public Toilets?



Hull.

What are people supposed to do who are 'caught short' in my Sheffield postcode and all the surrounding ones? I know of no public toilets within a couple of miles from where I am sitting - although I can locate one space rocket-like facility which is seriously scary if you suffer from even the slightest claustrophobia! (Reminds me of a Spanish film of somebody trapped in a telephone box - for life!)

Sheffield is not alone.

Yet if you are so desperate as to pop behind a convenient bush, you are risking arrest for indecent exposure with all that that entails!

Perhaps however, you are like me and will walk brazenly into the nearest pub, use their facilities and then leave - sincerely hoping that nobody has noticed you!
The provision of public toilets was one of the principal functions of Councils from the Victorian Age onwards. Today, if you are a car driver - you just head for the nearest large store or supermarket.
Those who do not own a car rarely enjoy this option unless near a city centre.
I suspect that vandalism is the issue. Toilets were so often vandalised - and of course when the punishments for such behaviour were so utterly trivial - vandalism begat even more vandalism.
Perhaps sacking a few 'equalities officers' et al would allow councils to return to performing properly one of their prime functions.
Manned toilets (not being sexist here) - whyever not?