Flushed with Success or Just Bog Standard -- How Toilets Rated ; City Conveniences Range From Stylish to Scruffy

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ON Monday, I found myself in the centre of Swansea when I felt the call of nature.

The council loos in Oystermouth Square, Mumbles, are normally my powder room of choice when out and about. But it was a little too far away from where I was and alternative arrangements had to be made.

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Flushed with Success or Just Bog Standard -- How Toilets Rated ; City Conveniences Range From Stylish to Scruffy

So in I went in search of another toilet elsewhere.

I found one in a shop.

The first cubicle I went into was, frankly, dirty, -- the second only a tiny bit better.

But I used it.

Trying to find somewhere convenient (and half-decent) to spend a penny isn't always that easy.

Figures show the number of public conveniences has fallen by 14 per cent nationwide in the past decade.

And those that are left are frequently not the most salubrious of places, are they? I can remember when many of our public loos used to have a toilet attendant, one of those ...

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