Very few houses had water laid on so that meant that there were no indoor toilets. Most cottages had toilets quite a walk from the house […] It was a white-washed edifice with two seats, one for small children and one for adults […]

The edifice was referred to as up-the garden. It was surrounded by a thick hedge of holly and snowberries […] the door had no bolt but it was big and heavy and if someone was approaching he or she sang or whistled his or her warning of approach.