Find local so-loo-tion

Jul 1 2009 by Alan Rennie, Stirling Observer Wednesday

Sir, – I entirely sympathise with your story “Loo row runs on” in the Observer of June 26.

Thornhill’s public loo is only open from 10.15am to 4.45pm each day. It is never open in the evenings, when supporters of local football teams visit, and it is open for even fewer hours during the winter.

Today (Sunday, June 28) when I checked it was closed before the stated time.

The “community toilet scheme” you mention is unlikely to be appropriate to our village as we have no premises that could offer access to toilets at reasonable times.

I don’t understand why Stirling Council can’t just put the opening and cleaning under the responsibility of the local community council. The community council knows when tourist and others are about.

It also should be able to arrange for a local villager to open, close and restock and clean the loos regularly, rather than the environmentally dubious system of sending someone out by car.

Come on, Stirling Council, surely there’s a more common sense approach than the current one – even some of your own Streetscape employees were caught short last Wednesday when they tried to use the facilities. Yours, etc.

PETER RICKARDby e-mail