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There is a poem in the Observer today about the disappearing loos of Accrington. Some are named i.e. Edgar Street, Manchester Road, Blackburn Road, Queens Road West. Any of you out there remember any of them?
Here are a couple some of you may recall

The first one shows the "round" one that used to be in Union Street, designed by an Accrington man (photo thanks to Owd Bert)

The second, not very clear, showing Woolworths. If you look carefully, you can see the entrance to the Mens loos, which were down steps. The Ladies entrance was a little higher up the street, almost opposite to where Andys Florists is. When the toilets belonging to the Umbrella market opened, they closed the Dutton Street ones, and just piled rubble into them to level them off before tarmacing the road