The public lavatories in the Old Steine were closed and converted into a cafe in 1999. The lavatory vents at the rear of the building were demolished.

Joan Parsons, a public toilet attendant describes one of the more frustrating aspects of her job – dealing with graffiti!

‘In some cases you can get graffiti off and in some cases you can’t. If it’s on tiles you can, to a certain degree, but it takes ages. We used to have cream for tiles, but you can’t use that for the doors, but when they started using oil-based pens – you can’t get it off. And then they started using spray paint. More often then not, it was a case of, “Leave it. You can’t get it off”. The more you try the more you rub off the original paint.

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Cross back over the Old Steine to Castle Square and continue up North Street until you reach the 1 STOP TRAVEL SHOP on the left side of the street.