Frances144 Posted March 24, 2014 Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 So which ones are closing/have already closed? Which ones will stay open no matter what? I would be interested to know. I am sure someone famous said "never pass up the opportunity to pee"! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrunchieSquirrel Posted March 24, 2014 Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 I think if I remember they had an article about this on Shetland Life magazine either last or this month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuckleJoannie Posted March 24, 2014 Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 There is a map of public toilets on the front cover of this month's Shetland Life showing all the public toilets in Shetland, with the closed ones coloured red. The closed ones are BigtonBraeBurra MealBurra HamnavoeJarlshofSandwickLerwick ClickiminLerwick Grantfield You can subscribe to Shetland Life online http://subscriber.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/subscribe.aspx?source=4&eid=0fd4e451-701f-47cf-98ce-a9496c52de3a Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frances144 Posted March 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 Thanks for the list. How sad. Poor tourists and everyone else. Acid 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted March 24, 2014 Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 There is a map of public toilets on the front cover of this month's Shetland Life showing all the public toilets in Shetland, with the closed ones coloured red. The closed ones are BigtonBraeBurra MealBurra HamnavoeJarlshofSandwickLerwick ClickiminLerwick Grantfield You can subscribe to Shetland Life online http://subscriber.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/subscribe.aspx?source=4&eid=0fd4e451-701f-47cf-98ce-a9496c52de3a Be careful what you're about to step in when on the west side of the toon, Burra and the Sooth End seems to be the over-riding message from this list. Ahh, well.....it'll be fertiliser if nothing else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mcconnachie Posted March 26, 2014 Popular Post Report Share Posted March 26, 2014 Are they perhaps trying to discourage George Michael from coming to Shetland? http://i.imgur.com/vZOspCz.gif Acid, Ally, gafynandrew and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haileypuckles Posted March 30, 2014 Report Share Posted March 30, 2014 Bigton toilets re-open 24hrs from 1st April. Been given a temporary stay of execution, with some restrictions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hjasga Posted March 30, 2014 Report Share Posted March 30, 2014 Responsibility for the Bigton toilets has been taken on by the community-owned shop, I've heard - huge credit to them if that is true. Closing the Burra Meal toilets will look ridiculous come summer. They could at least have them open over the school holidays, sure they will have some school cleaners on the books with not much to do. Acid and gafynandrew 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tirvaluk Posted April 7, 2014 Report Share Posted April 7, 2014 The whole thing is a huge embarrassment to Shetland and I'm sure there are places with more financial problems keeping the public toilets open. Shetland also has a very high percentage of people with Colitis and Chrones disease, where the use of a toilet can be a very urgent necessity. Acid 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted April 7, 2014 Report Share Posted April 7, 2014 Closing the public toilets (and other cutbacks) were very necessary to protect the jobs of the highly paid, underworked deadwood that dreams up closing the public toilets (and other cutbacks). At the same time they can afford to sponsor 'parkour', 'biodoodling' and a raft of other non-sensical rubbish. Pity that none of our councillors seems to have the bottle to stand up to them. Maybe it will be left to Council Tax payers to draw a line in the sand. Windwalker 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
concerned shetlander Posted April 7, 2014 Report Share Posted April 7, 2014 Maybe the arts and development could do without a production manager being sourced from London, and the money used from his salary, taken off them and put towards keepin a couple of toilets open, which I am sure would be more use to the public of Shetland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulb Posted April 7, 2014 Report Share Posted April 7, 2014 how about shutting the ones in the town hall. think of the savings on meeting they will always be brief and to the point. i wonder if they have calculated the cost to police scotland issuing all those fixed penalty notices. think of all that wee they are wasting. just help save the council some funding by washing the nearest council van. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted April 7, 2014 Report Share Posted April 7, 2014 (edited) Maybe the arts and development could do without a production manager being sourced from London, and the money used from his salary, taken off them and put towards keepin a couple of toilets open, which I am sure would be more use to the public of Shetland.Maybe that is what's wrong with the Arts Trust... Jobs are being exported because there appears to be nobody living locally who is sufficiently 'qualified' or 'experienced' enough to do a job that is so obviously vital(?) to the community. I wonder how many 'managers' they employ to look after Mareel's toilets? Edited April 7, 2014 by Colin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted April 7, 2014 Report Share Posted April 7, 2014 "how about shutting the ones in the town hall." Great idea. Should concentrate a few minds.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shetlandpeat Posted April 7, 2014 Report Share Posted April 7, 2014 think of all that wee they are wasting.Could be saved to create gunpowder for the "revolution" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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