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I grew up (UK) in a house that had an outside toilet and no bath (Had a tin bath would haul into kitchen and fill up once I outgrew the sink). Was around the a

by Zenst 7y ago

I grew up (UK) in a house that had an outside toilet and no bath (Had a tin bath would haul into kitchen and fill up once I outgrew the sink). Was around the age of 11 when we finally got a indoor toilet and real bath. But that was a georgian era house and common in many area's and you see many that have had add-on buildings to add toilets etc. But as a friend from Canada put it - they had gaps between houses in his country compared to over here, they would build a small housing estate in those gaps. But then, it's fascinating to compare buildings and code over the years, country by country. Things like legacy infrastructure, climate and history all come into play and darn interesting. [EDIT ADD] Note was house of 4 (2x adults 2x children] and outside toilet sure does cut out any morning queues - based upon my experience. Though 2 bedroom - was late teens when I left home that I got a room to myself. You might find out how common from this article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21698533 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21698533

slumdev 7y ago
> I grew up (UK) in a house that had an outside toilet and no bath Were you born in 1800? Joking aside, what decade was this? And is this common?
- madengr 7y ago
  I grew up in rural VA in the 70s-80s. One bathroom in a house that was built in 1890. I was lucky, as the kid down the (dirt) road did not have a bathroom, rather an out-house. That house had a single cold water faucet in the kitchen. Seems to now have plumbing, evident by the vent pipe in the roof. https://goo.gl/maps/dSFy1wx8G5C4UpZ5A https://goo.gl/maps/dSFy1wx8G5C4UpZ5A I suppose this is all hip now with off-grid living and van dwelling. Back then it was called poverty.
- Zenst 7y ago
  Born 1967, so talking 70's and back then, probably. Was an era of which people saved over credit (which was very hard to get), we had glass bottles that had deposits for recycling before plastic moved en masse and a car was a luxury item. Didn't have a phone as couldn't afford it and when we could, thanks to TV messages of hackers of doom taking over the planet and me owning a computer - my mum wasn't going to enable that. Oh and we walked to school and was rare for kids to be driven to school, indeed they had the piss taken out of them for being lazy by the other kids. How times have changed - not all for the better. [edit add] Oh and we had no central heating until my teens, and frozen ice inside the single window pains during winter(double glazing - luxury item then).

by Zenst 7y ago

slumdev 7y ago

> I grew up (UK) in a house that had an outside toilet and no bath Were you born in 1800? Joking aside, what decade was this? And is this common?

madengr 7y ago
I grew up in rural VA in the 70s-80s. One bathroom in a house that was built in 1890. I was lucky, as the kid down the (dirt) road did not have a bathroom, rather an out-house. That house had a single cold water faucet in the kitchen. Seems to now have plumbing, evident by the vent pipe in the roof. https://goo.gl/maps/dSFy1wx8G5C4UpZ5A https://goo.gl/maps/dSFy1wx8G5C4UpZ5A I suppose this is all hip now with off-grid living and van dwelling. Back then it was called poverty.
Zenst 7y ago
Born 1967, so talking 70's and back then, probably. Was an era of which people saved over credit (which was very hard to get), we had glass bottles that had deposits for recycling before plastic moved en masse and a car was a luxury item. Didn't have a phone as couldn't afford it and when we could, thanks to TV messages of hackers of doom taking over the planet and me owning a computer - my mum wasn't going to enable that. Oh and we walked to school and was rare for kids to be driven to school, indeed they had the piss taken out of them for being lazy by the other kids. How times have changed - not all for the better. [edit add] Oh and we had no central heating until my teens, and frozen ice inside the single window pains during winter(double glazing - luxury item then).