Ian Jelf typed


Other
London terminals mainly charge 20p, but these days they are normally
spotlessly clean with an attendant present. This being the case, I
don't mind paying.
My experience has been that railway stations *used* to charge 20p but
seem to have discontinued the practice now. Maybe I've just been
lucky? In any case, like Neil, I don't mind paying for good facilities.

Uuuh? Euston, King's Cross & Waterloo have all extracted at least 20p
from me within the last year.

The facilities are OK but I really would prefer to dry my hands on a
cloth or paper towel rather than use the germ-blowers that can overheat
the dungeons in which the facilities hide.

Getting down to the dungeons is great fun [not] with a load of luggage
(at least Euston's aren't approached by stairs!) a loaded bicycle
('Please do not leave luggage unattended') or a disability that makes
descending stairs difficult. (I don't have a RADAR key yet)

That said, I don't find Central London's toilet facilities nearly as bad
as they've been portrayed in this thread.

They are mostly acceptable. John Lewis stores are usually the best. They
still have proper cloth towel machines!

(By the way, I don't make a habit of hanging around public toilets,
however much it might look like it from this post!

This is obvious to me as a Brum based guide doesn't seem familiar with
London Euston! ;-)

Helen, who always has a supply of 20p coins ('toilet tokens') on hand.
£1 coins are trolley tokens...

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Helen D. Vecht:
Edgware.