Saturday, 21 September 2013

Secret Toilets in Hove

There is a secret public toilet opposite Hove Town Hall. It is located in the basement of a building whose purpose is uncertain, but I suspect may be connected to the coucil, and the aforementioned town hall. To enter the toilets one must walk down a sloping corridor, and enter into a labyrinthine room that holds many doors, to many toilets and toilet facilities. The frosted glass of the windows is scratched by the bushy-leaves growing outside, a cool shadowy atmosphere that inexplicably smells of childhood (to be precise, of Burnside, where I lived in 1981 / 1982). No-one is ever in these toilets, hence they are secret and somehow slightly sinister. There are rumours, among those who know of these toilets, that they are closed during the week, but no-one knows for sure.