{"id":821,"date":"2019-11-12T03:03:27","date_gmt":"2019-11-12T03:03:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/queensparkbooks.org.uk\/archives-alive\/?p=821"},"modified":"2020-09-08T18:54:21","modified_gmt":"2020-09-08T18:54:21","slug":"6-former-public-toilets-steyne-gardens-old-steyne-cafe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/queensparkbooks.org.uk\/discover-brighton\/6-former-public-toilets-steyne-gardens-old-steyne-cafe\/","title":{"rendered":"5. Former public toilets, Steine Gardens (Old Steyne Cafe)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"audio-style\">\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-821-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/queensparkbooks.org.uk\/discover-brighton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Unsung-Heroes-5-September-Re-Edits.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/queensparkbooks.org.uk\/discover-brighton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Unsung-Heroes-5-September-Re-Edits.mp3\">https:\/\/queensparkbooks.org.uk\/discover-brighton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Unsung-Heroes-5-September-Re-Edits.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Joan Parsons, a public toilet attendant describes one of the more frustrating aspects of her job &#8211; dealing with graffiti!<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8216;In some cases you can get graffiti off and in some cases you can\u2019t. If it\u2019s on tiles you can, to a certain degree, but it takes ages. We used to have cream for tiles, but you can\u2019t use that for the doors, but when they started using oil-based pens \u2013 you can\u2019t get it off. And then they started using spray paint. More often then not, it was a case of, \u201cLeave it. You can\u2019t get it off&#8221;. The more you try the more you rub off the original paint.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; 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 &#8211; dealing with graffiti! &#8216;In some cases you can get graffiti &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":2212,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-unsung-heroes"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/queensparkbooks.org.uk\/discover-brighton\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/old-Steine.jpg?fit=2000%2C1395&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/queensparkbooks.org.uk\/discover-brighton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/queensparkbooks.org.uk\/discover-brighton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/queensparkbooks.org.uk\/discover-brighton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/queensparkbooks.org.uk\/discover-brighton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/queensparkbooks.org.uk\/discover-brighton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=821"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/queensparkbooks.org.uk\/discover-brighton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2521,"href":"https:\/\/queensparkbooks.org.uk\/discover-brighton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821\/revisions\/2521"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/queensparkbooks.org.uk\/discover-brighton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/queensparkbooks.org.uk\/discover-brighton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/queensparkbooks.org.uk\/discover-brighton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/queensparkbooks.org.uk\/discover-brighton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}