"Piss"otieres Or Manchester

I had a mini blip meet with fellow blipper Terraldinho today as we took part in a grand tour of (toilets of) Manchester. Not the bog standard of tours, but the guide, Ann, was very professional with her approach and taught us a thing or two about Manchester. The pic shown was our meeting point and as you can see it is the oldest public "pissotiere" or toilet in the Manchester. It technically doesn't exist now as the "attendees" no longer have to relieve themselves in the river below, but in the pub itself. Though I am having second thoughts here as Terraldinho appears to be up to something behind the fence(?). The weather was rather crap, but it didn't dampen our spirits as we now know what Cholera is and that Methodist's urine is by far the purest as it was used as an alkaline cleaning solution (being Methodist myself, I could contain my excitement). Came across a Public Loo converted to a Public House (underground) and the stylish loos in the public library, where I got told off for "taking photos in public toilets" by a miserable library/museum guy. I just did'nt see the sign/s on the door/wall as I was admiring the decor, tiles and urinals. If you want to look at my "illegal" pics, feel free here. Our final destination was the old Midland Bank. This was sold off and converted to a public toilets. Then along came Jamie (Oliver) who turned it into a, erm, restaurant/bar. The sharp decor has remained the same from the banking days including the lowly positioned "cash counting" light shades, iron railings, floor tiles, coving and even the vault containing the safety deposit boxes. This room can be hired for dinner, at a special price of course. Terraldinho & I had lunch in the restaurant which was nice. Had a good old natter then headed off back to the car park braving the Manchester rain.

Got back home in time for fin swimming.

Tired, but we had awesome fun.