Frustration at toilets being closed...

[wangi]

Frustrated Graffiti by Lee Kindness, on Flickr

5 days of glorious sunshine, but the public toilets on Portobello Prom closed because it's still March... (madness) Result is the toilets getting an attack of protest graffiti.

http://www.deadlinenews.co.uk/2012/03/2 ... ic-toilet/

Loonacy: sun-lovers left without public toilet

SUN worshippers flocking to a city beach are being caught short after council jobsworths refused to open the toilets.

Thousands of people have descended on Portobello beach, Edinburgh, as temperatures hit an amazing 22 degrees centigrade.

But the local council have decided nearby public toilets have to remain shut because they are not scheduled to open until next month at the earliest.

Businesses in the area are now furious that they are being flooded by desperate sunseekers who have been locked out of public loos.

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https://twitter.com/#!/MaureenChild1/st ... 7559971840

Maureen Child ‏
@talkporty @deadlinenews Opened yesterday, following the bad press, a local resident told me.

[rnuwithmark]

good to see action has been taken to open them. Will the council pay to have them repainted? I will do it myself to improve my area

[wangi]

Mark, so that was the photo on the way to work... By 6pm on the way back the toilet wall had been painted. Gone.

L/

[rnuwithmark]

wow! i am impressed, excellent. Any beach/street tidy ups you hear about let me know please, I am def keen to be involved. Cheers and have a nice weekend

[wangi]

Will do.

And the other good news - today is "removal of massive concrete blocks" day. Good riddance.

[SWoodford]

Hi there

Details of the East team's Neighbourhood Pride clean up sessions from now till June can be found here.

http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/downloads/f ... _june_2012

Sarah

[rnuwithmark]

thanks Sarah, appreciated!

It doesnt say how to sign up for them, do I just turn up?