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regpaddock Suffolk 18 Mar 22 8.36am | |
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Hands up who's old enough to remember the corrugated-iron ladies lavatory that was stategically placed in a hollow behind the old terracing at the Whitehorse Lane end. It would now be roughly in the fruit and veg aisle in Sainsbury's, in fact it might still be.
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monkey Sittingbourne,but made in Bromley 18 Mar 22 9.09am | |
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I once took a young lady friend to West Brom away back in the day and the only ladies toilet was a shed where they stacked up big drums of cleaning stuff, as in bleach and toxic looking green stuff, I was seriously worried about her sprouting another ear by the time she came out
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regpaddock Suffolk 18 Mar 22 9.48am | |
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Well I can tell you that the one at the Whitehouse Lane end was a real sh*t house, er, actually come to think of it it was, but I mean that architecturally.
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becky over the moon 18 Mar 22 12.01pm | |
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There was eventually one, similar at the Holmesdale Road end, later replaced (when the terracing was put in) by a portacabin.
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Badger11 Beckenham 18 Mar 22 1.08pm | |
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Originally posted by becky
There was eventually one, similar at the Holmesdale Road end, later replaced (when the terracing was put in) by a portacabin.
I thought that water that came out of the taps was a bonus it was normally knee deep and I am not sure it was water.
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Willo South coast - west of Brighton. 18 Mar 22 1.29pm | |
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I have of course no experience of Ladies lavatories in football stadia but I have over the years had the misfortune to avail of those labelled 'Male' in non-executive/corporate areas of grounds the length and breadth of this country. NOT pleasant experiences at all.'Explosions' heard from the traps,and expulsions of foul smelling intestinal gases as temulent males urinate.
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JRW2 Dulwich 18 Mar 22 1.52pm | |
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Originally posted by regpaddock
Well I can tell you that the one at the Whitehouse Lane end was a real sh*t house, er, actually come to think of it it was, but I mean that architecturally. I don't remember that one (probably because I never used it), but I have a thankfully dim memory of a men's establishment at the top of the Park Road terrace at the Whitehorse end. The current Whitehorse men's is palatial by comparison.
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becky over the moon 18 Mar 22 3.03pm | |
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Originally posted by Badger11
I thought that water that came out of the taps was a bonus it was normally knee deep and I am not sure it was water. Not normally a problem in the Ladies - we are so much more particular and considerate (and we have better aim).
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sydtheeagle England 18 Mar 22 3.13pm | |
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Originally posted by Willo
I have of course no experience of Ladies lavatories in football stadia I suppose now hidden mini-cameras are so freely available, you no longer need to go into them, Willo :-)
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regpaddock Suffolk 18 Mar 22 3.14pm | |
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You"re all missing the point sadly. The basis of the original observation was that not only would you have to be very old to remember the facility in question, but that it was sited at the bottom of a large ditch left over from when the ground was a clay pit and the women had to abseil down in order to reach it. It wasn't so much a reflection of social mobility and differing acceptable standards as a highlight of the number of women who attended in those days. Far too many girls rock up these days which is why we've got diagonally-striped shirts. There's also a lack of Brylcreme which in my opinion should be compulsory.
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monkey Sittingbourne,but made in Bromley 18 Mar 22 3.23pm | |
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Originally posted by regpaddock
There's also a lack of Brylcreme which in my opinion should be compulsory. That’s a memory of my childhood, my dads brylcream stains on the headboard of his bed and on the back of the sofa where he used to sit
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regpaddock Suffolk 18 Mar 22 3.30pm | |
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Absolutely, Brylcreme is a very versitile commodity, used liberally by Terry Long. Terry also used to take his teeth out before the game and there's not nearly enough of that these days either.
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