Stephenson Place Lavatories

[horsencart]

Today they demolished part of a wall that was once a Victorian Toilet in Stephenson Place to make way for the tram, now I have two or more questions, first was it a Victorian? or a Edwardian Toilet?, the next question is was it a Ladies or a Gentlemen s toilet? I am assuming that it was a toilet, that said the good news is that I think that there is a lot of the former bog still underground so that in the future as you pass over the site in a tram, you can say that you are passing over the brick shi.. toilet, (I should get out more) I have to start to edit the photos that I took so that you will see a before and after shots, It always takes time too edit the photos https://www.flickr.com/photos/dofartshavelumps/16300589315/

 

[horsencart]

This are the photos as promised over the next few days the wall and whatever remain will disappear as the work on the tramway continues https://www.flickr.com/photos/dofartshavelumps/

 

[berniew]

No idea when they were built buy here's a 1963 picture courtesy of John Ball , looks like Male and female

 

[mikejee]

They do not appear on even the large scale OS map in c 1889, but are shown faintly as steps in the smaller scale c 1903 map, though not named.

 

[Phil]

Well it seems that the underground toilets were there after the Exchange building was demolished in 1965, but were not around before the Birmingham & Midland bank was built in 1869.

 

[paul stacey]

Most Public Conveniences were built in the late Victorian/early Edwardian times, when civic pride was reserved for the town rate payers.Paul

 

[horsencart]

I now suspect that the bit than can be seen is the Gentlemen s part of the toilet block?

View attachment 95811No idea when they were built buy here's a 1963 picture courtesy of John Ball , looks like Male and female