Today is World Toilet Day.
The theme this year is “Leaving no one behind”, working to ensure everyone in the world has access to healthy and dignified sanitation. Click here to read more about the work being put into this cause around the world.
Closer to home, I went on a fascinating tour in London last week, learning about the history of sanitation and the work that is still going on to ensure we have ready access to toilets for all – including access for those with disabilities and those who are homeless. I don’t want to give away too many secrets of the tour, but I got to visit the Jubiloo and chat with the lovely toilet attendant, I saw hidden and disguised urinals, discovered Charles Dickens’ interest in sanitation, and learned about the Great Stink in 1858.
There’s a hidden urinal lurking in this part of London!
I seriously recommend this tour to all. I did the Original Loo Tour with oh-so-knowledgeable Katie-Loo, and you can check their website for more options and available dates and times.
Katie-Loo and her emergency equipment, London, November 2019
To finish this post, I have gone through my archives and flushed out a small gallery of latrine-related images (click to view larger images).
Venice 
Madrid 
Botswana 
London 
Hong Kong 
Berlin 
Madrid 
Birmingham, UK 
Seoul 
Budapest 
Northern Vietnam 
The Shard 
The Shard
Zanzibar
Copyright Debbie Smyth, 19 November 2019
Brilliant. I love your loo gallery. The Shard loos were the most impressive I’ve ever used, though the Hundertwasser toilets [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundertwasser_Toilets] here are wonderfully whacky.
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Such a basic need, and unmet in so many parts of the world. That London Toilet Tour sounds fascinating. I’ll hunt it out. Great post!
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What a fun post Debbie 🙂
There was a break in at the Grafton Police Station and the thieves stole all the toilets!!! The Police have nothing to go on……… 😀 😀
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🙂 🙂 🙂
I should have got you to write my words for me 🙂
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Any time Debbie 🙂
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ooh now I like the sound of this tour . . . . everyone gets so focused on fresh clean water that they forget that good sanitation is just as, if not even more, important.
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It was very interesting, gave a good London history, and I found free toilets I didn’t know about! You’d enjoy it, Becky
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free toilets always good to know about 🙂 will definitely investigate the tour for our next London trip
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