trainwalker Posted June 2, 2005 Share Posted June 2, 2005 Originally posted by BAZZO The loggia-style public lavatory on Ecclesall Rd South (bottom of Knowle Lane) is also scheduled to shut according to a recent Council Report -along with around a dozen others. Reasons given include drug-taking,cottaging and alternative facilities available. The alternate facilities cited for the Ecclesall closure presumably mean the new library which closes at 8pm. God knows where our bus-drivers are going to piddle. what is cottaging? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHarper Posted June 2, 2005 Share Posted June 2, 2005 "Cottaging" is when men who like other men hang around places like public toilets, hoping for sexual favours, the most famous cottager is probably George Michael....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainwalker Posted June 2, 2005 Share Posted June 2, 2005 what a queer thing for people to do. sex in public toilets whatever next! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parcher Posted June 5, 2005 Share Posted June 5, 2005 I don't like the look of the new loos they keep putting up in the middle of highly public areas! You used to be able to sidle discreetly into the nearest ladies (or gents) but now you have to find what looks suspiciously like a concrete phone box, peer at the instructions on the wall and hope you don't accidentally make the door open before due time. Me, I know which shops have loos - much safer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algy Posted June 5, 2005 Share Posted June 5, 2005 Just remembered there used to be a Gents at the end of Stainton Rd on the edge of Bingham Park at Greystones. I think the building may still be there, though it's been closed for years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie1957 Posted June 6, 2005 Share Posted June 6, 2005 Originally posted by max There was one on Commonside by the bus stop and another on Heavygate Road where it meets Northfield Road. The structures are still there but bricked up. What a bizarre subject.... Max has mentioned a couple in the Crookes and Walkley area. The one you mentioned at Commonside are as you know bricked up. I’m surprised someone hasn’t bought them and done something like the person who bought the bogs just down from King Teds. With the ever increasing student population there is always room for another enterprise. Anyway here goes. Mushroom Lane at the side of Western Park - Top of Toyne Street Crookes – Crosspool below the Crosspool Tavern – The entrance to the Crookes Cemetery from the Crosspool end. Best public bogs in Sheffield were in the hole in the road. If you was on a bender, (before the licensing laws changed) you could go there and get a wash and shave and be ready for the night time session. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick650bsa Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 Public toilets at the top of Gertrude st Kelvin Grove, in front of the Don Joinery, I did my apprenticeship there, not the toilets!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malkin Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 Some still open on Cowley Lane, Chapeltown, opposite Falding Street. Not strictly Sheffield but there are some closed ones opposite the Co-op in Swallownest, now a flooring shop or something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_S6 Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 Public toilets at the top of Gertrude st Kelvin Grove, in front of the Don Joinery, I did my apprenticeship there, not the toilets!!! So what prompted you to randomly search for and reply to a 12 year old thread about public toilets?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Hardie Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 There was a gents only convenience at the junction of Ellesmere Road and Sedan Street next door to Warriner's garage and directly across the road from the Mormon Church. http://www.sheffieldhistory.co.uk/forums/uploads/monthly_08_2008/post-188-1220008324.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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