Roman126 Posted March 9, 2014 Report Share Posted March 9, 2014 Hi I'm trying to research when the Stockton Heath underground toilets outside the mulberry tree stopped being used and when they were opened would be good to know also! Many thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted March 9, 2014 Report Share Posted March 9, 2014 Looking at some photos, the toilets must have been built after the tram lines were removed (1930's) as a later 1955 photo shows the toilets entrance where the tram lines once ran Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman126 Posted March 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2014 thanks for the information Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted March 9, 2014 Report Share Posted March 9, 2014 That's got me wonderig too Roman126. I definately remember the toilets still being there when I was a kid and also I'm sure I remember them when I was in my late teens too so that would have been 1970s to maybe mid/late 80's. But after that it is a blur. I can't remember them still being there when our son was little in the mid 90's though but the toilets near the doctors surgery/church were there then. Maybe the village centre ones were closed and filled in when the surgery and the others were built nearby. When was that ? As for the tram lines I'm not sure they did actually run across the area where the toilets used to be as the toilets were quite close to the Mulbery Tree pub and the tram lines on the older maps look more like they cut across towards Grappenhall road on the area where the traffic island was later built (1930's)Here's a map I marked showing the tram lines and pub etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted March 9, 2014 Report Share Posted March 9, 2014 And here are the only photo's I have of the toiletsThis one is date 1936 and I think you can just make out the railings on the toilets in front of the Mull near the van on the right hand sideThis one is much later and the island has been replaced with traffic lights and the central pedestrian area infront of the Mull made bigger. That's how I remember it being. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted March 9, 2014 Report Share Posted March 9, 2014 Dizzy... this looks like the tram lines run closer than you may think to the front of the Mulberry Tree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted March 9, 2014 Report Share Posted March 9, 2014 as indeed does this one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted March 9, 2014 Report Share Posted March 9, 2014 This ariel shot from the early 1920's also shows how close it comes to the front of the Mull, but no toilets in sight! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 I see what you mean now Baz re the photo's but all the old maps show the tram lines in roughly the same place. How confusing.Mmmmm pondering again now though as I can't see them on the 1920's aerial view either and I was always led to believe they were late Victorian or at the least Edwardian. Seems not then.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davy51 Posted March 11, 2014 Report Share Posted March 11, 2014 I think most of the public toilets in the borough were removed when they started to be used for nefarious acts . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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