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Church Stretton toilets closure plan ‘stupid’
Friday 14th January 2011, 6:59PM GMT.
The public toilets in Church Stretton. Photo: Google Street View
Plans to close public toilets in Church Stretton came under fire at a public meeting after one resident claimed people had been urinating against a shop wall.
Henry Hand, who lives near Church Stretton, said he had gone to use the cash machine at the town’s Co-op store and had found people had been urinating there.
He was speaking at a meeting last night to discuss ideas for spending £225,000 allocated to Church Stretton under the Market Towns Revitalisation Programme.
Mr Hand, who suggested some of the money could be used to keep public toilets open in the town, said: “People are urinating against the Co-op, it’s stupid to close the toilets.”
Church Stretton Town Council last year voted to close the block of toilets it runs between November and March to save £11,000.
And Shropshire Council has offered to hand over the running of the toilets in Easthope Road in April due to funding cuts.
Councillor Bob Welch, Church Stretton’s mayor, said: “It does highlight the need for adequate toilet provision in the town centre and the prospect of Shropshire Council closing the one central toilet in the town is most concerning.”
He said the town council was keeping its decision to close the Lutwyche Road toilets under review.
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as we’re all europeans now what about a pissoir!
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Keep the toilets, they have been there for decades with good reason.
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Perhaps, since the Co-operative pride themselves on their ethical activities and engagement within local communities, they could co-fund the toilets?
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WHAT A STUPID IDEA , church stretton is a busy area all year round for walkers etc just charge for the use of the toilets if they are that hard up and cant keep them open. .
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Shropshire Council is hell bent on putting this county into the third world. Closing public toilets, the last bastion of a civilised society, will make no difference to our council tax.
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Keep these loo’s open at all costs ,try saving money by cutting some of the many managers posts.If worse comes to worse charge a small fee to use the toilets.People have to have somewhere to spend a penny!
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