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25/02/2010, 12:39 PM Local Yocal Joined on 01/04/2008 Devon Posts 172 Seafront Toilets and Shower Area. These amenities were completed last year - why aren't they open for public use? I realise the showers won't get much use this time of the year but, there are enough coaches disgorging their 'elderly visitors' now who would certainly appreciate a nearby toilet when they get off the bus.      Report

25/02/2010, 2:09 PM Seadog Joined on 05/03/2007 Posts 605 Re: Seafront Toilets and Shower Area. Ah but you are forgetting a more important requirement than actually putting them to good use - the good old photo-opportunity . We've got to wait for better weather and a gap in the civic diary so that our happy band of councillors can trot down to the toilets, all dressed up in their finery and do what comes naturally to them - their 'Lavatory Duty' for the camera, cut the ribbon and reel off the first sheet of paper. Only then can the common man use the facilities that we have paid for already. Of course, to make it safe to cross the road to use them - consideration must now be given to a suitable Pedestrian Crossing!!    Report

25/02/2010, 8:44 PM abby Joined on 06/07/2009 Posts 85 Re: Seafront Toilets and Shower Area. Am not sure what, but Bagwells were down there doing something earlier today - bit of a silly time given the rain!    Report

26/02/2010, 9:10 AM Seadog Joined on 05/03/2007 Posts 605 Re: Seafront Toilets and Shower Area. Unblocking them already?? Have the councillors already been??      Report

27/02/2010, 4:04 PM Sidmouth Seagull Joined on 16/02/2010 Seafront promenade Posts 313 Re: Seafront Toilets and Shower Area. No Seadog, I think a bridge along the lines of the proposed one at Connaught Gardens!  We may as well have two... then three.... when nobody uses all these bridge people will welcome the view back! "Sidmouth Seagull" @ the top of lampost along the promenade!!! Sidmouth East Devon    Report

27/02/2010, 5:02 PM Sidmouth Seagull Joined on 16/02/2010 Seafront promenade Posts 313 Re: Seafront Toilets and Shower Area. Dear Seadog Will there be a battle as to which Councillor cuts the ribbon? At the moment Graham Liverton seems to be in the Sidmouth Herald alot or will he be pushed aside by Stuart Hughes... now place your bets......   Time to fly away to my perch... feeling hungry but nobody feeds me "Sidmouth Seagull" @ the top of lampost along the promenade!!! Sidmouth East Devon    Report

01/03/2010, 9:08 PM Sidmouth Seagull Joined on 16/02/2010 Seafront promenade Posts 313 Re: Seafront Toilets and Shower Area. Has anybody seen anybody using the showers yet? "Sidmouth Seagull" @ the top of lampost along the promenade!!! Sidmouth East Devon    Report

02/03/2010, 8:11 AM its me again Joined on 02/03/2010 Posts 2 Re: Seafront Toilets and Shower Area. I have not    Report

03/03/2010, 9:15 AM Seadog Joined on 05/03/2007 Posts 605 Re: Seafront Toilets and Shower Area. I think either councillor is adequately qualified to open the lavatories. I bet the showers get a lot of use during Folk Week.    Report

03/03/2010, 11:04 AM Local Yocal Joined on 01/04/2008 Devon Posts 172 Re: Seafront Toilets and Shower Area. I think you're right about Folk Week useage - but, aren't they supposed to be for beach users/surfers etc? Whoever makes use of the facilities, it is obvious that most people will have to cross the road from the prom to get to them. Surely a crossing of some kind (no - not a bridge please ) must be on the cards. Work is now beginning on the western end of the shelters, next to the toilets, to convert them into a 'Youth Cafe'. It would be extraordinary if all this was put into place without thought of a means of a safe road crossing for the children and visitors who will be attracted to this side of the road.       Report

05/03/2010, 5:51 PM Seadog Joined on 05/03/2007 Posts 605 Re: Seafront Toilets and Shower Area. I agree - it is inconceivable to think that these facilities should be made available without any thought of a Pedestrian or Pelican Crossing - especially as the majority of users will be children.    Report

07/03/2010, 5:44 PM dave Joined on 07/03/2010 Sidford Posts 135 Re: Seafront Toilets and Shower Area. True, though I would think the Fort Cafe would lose some trade if the toilets were in use, seems that a lot of people use , or try to use the Fort.    Report

18/03/2010, 6:49 PM Sidmouth Seagull Joined on 16/02/2010 Seafront promenade Posts 313 Re: Seafront Toilets and Shower Area. As I have not seen anybody use the showers along the front, I said to my "other half" go and see if they are working.  He pressed the button (I thought I did not want to do it in case I got engulfed in a shower!) and it poured down.  So they are working. We crossed the road waiting for the cascade to stop......please stop we were thinking. So they are in working order - I still have to see anybody using them. They may be a "white elephant" or if our water rates keep going up you may see all us locals using them!!! I have not seen these showers anywhere else has anybody else? "Sidmouth Seagull" @ the top of lampost along the promenade!!! Sidmouth East Devon    Report

18/03/2010, 7:36 PM Sidmouth Seagull Joined on 16/02/2010 Seafront promenade Posts 313 Re: Seafront Toilets and Shower Area. Dear Dave Even in the rain tonight (Thursday 5.30 ish) I thought the seafront looked lovely.  Plenty of parking along the front tonight and even in the rain there were people without dogs, walking in the rain enjoying themselves. I would have thought the Fort Cafe would loose trade to the proposed youth cafe that should be opening along the front.  One thing  - I hope there will be a lot of very thirsty and hungry people in Sidmouth to keep them all open. I would like a music shop to open, I miss Woolworths for Music and DVD's - hope somebody who is thinking of opening a shop reads this.  Exmouth has "Onion Heart" we have charity shops for CD's and DVD, but for new...... "Sidmouth Seagull" @ the top of lampost along the promenade!!! Sidmouth East Devon    Report

18/03/2010, 9:40 PM Seadog Joined on 05/03/2007 Posts 605 Re: Seafront Toilets and Shower Area.  Sidmouth Seagull wrote: As I have not seen anybody use the showers along the front, I said to my "other half" go and see if they are working.  He pressed the button (I thought I did not want to do it in case I got engulfed in a shower!) and it poured down.  So they are working. We crossed the road waiting for the cascade to stop......please stop we were thinking. So they are in working order - I still have to see anybody using them. They may be a "white elephant" or if our water rates keep going up you may see all us locals using them!!! I have not seen these showers anywhere else has anybody else? ........ Oh Gawd - thats at least 50 pence down the drain Well, if they're going to be un-metered there's going to be a queue during Folk Week.    Report

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