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Lost in Cornwall · 08-12-2013, 07:45

When I started University in 1975 one of the first things we had to do was to search the 1971 for various facts about where we lived, one of them being the percentage of houses without an indoor toilet. When I returned with the figure for Clayton the tutor refused to believe it because it was so high. When I went back to check I did some more research and discovered that the old Clayton UDC had the second highest percentage of houses without indoor sanitation in the country. I forget exactly where the highest was but it was somewhere in the West Lancs coalfield. The thing was that it had never particularly bothered me as a kid. We didn't get an indoor bathroom or toilet until 1971 although the tippler was replaced by a flush toilet sometime in the 60's.

08-12-2013, 07:45	#34
Lost in Cornwall Full Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Wing Posts: 425 Liked: 174 times Rep Power: 108651	Re: Tippler toilets When I started University in 1975 one of the first things we had to do was to search the 1971 for various facts about where we lived, one of them being the percentage of houses without an indoor toilet. When I returned with the figure for Clayton the tutor refused to believe it because it was so high. When I went back to check I did some more research and discovered that the old Clayton UDC had the second highest percentage of houses without indoor sanitation in the country. I forget exactly where the highest was but it was somewhere in the West Lancs coalfield. The thing was that it had never particularly bothered me as a kid. We didn't get an indoor bathroom or toilet until 1971 although the tippler was replaced by a flush toilet sometime in the 60's.