I think that someone at Hyndburn Homes has read my tale of woe.
I am to have a shower install 'within 14 weeks', just within 3 years of requesting.
I will have to leave the ranks of the great unwashed.
As a hermit I had got used to my own stink and didn't inflict it on others - I always struggled/bathed before I went out into company(not often) - a wipe down with a wet flannel was all I needed most times.
There has been a revolution in washing habits in my lifetime.
The once a week bath was an accepted norm in the 40s. I didn't ever expect to revert back to it, but my knowledge of those post war days has proved useful.
Anyone know where I can buy powdered egg?
PS the leafy slutch problem has been seen to also